fredoralive 16 hours ago It’s interesting that the gate arrays are supplied by Seiko, and the only known MCGA systems apart from IBM are from Epson. The bit of Seiko that made the gate arrays appears to be… Seiko Epson. So is it a coincidence? Sub-licensing? Skullduggery? andrewshadura 12 hours ago Not sure what you're trying to say. The full name of Epson is Seiko Epson. fredoralive 11 hours ago Seiko can cover a fairly large group of companies, Seiko Epson is a particular subgroup of it (now somewhat detached from the main group).
andrewshadura 12 hours ago Not sure what you're trying to say. The full name of Epson is Seiko Epson. fredoralive 11 hours ago Seiko can cover a fairly large group of companies, Seiko Epson is a particular subgroup of it (now somewhat detached from the main group).
fredoralive 11 hours ago Seiko can cover a fairly large group of companies, Seiko Epson is a particular subgroup of it (now somewhat detached from the main group).
bitwize 17 hours ago A fucking built-in genlock? For years I thought only Amigas had those! ggm 17 hours ago Put on the die, but only expose on the $$$$ builds using it? fredoralive 16 hours ago The article mentions that it is brought out to the connector, multiplexed with the monitor ID pins. skissane 12 hours ago Maybe it's buggy or something? Unreliable? Use causes overheating or RF interference issues?Maybe IBM added it for project X, and then project X got cancelled, and everyone else forgot it was ever there...
ggm 17 hours ago Put on the die, but only expose on the $$$$ builds using it? fredoralive 16 hours ago The article mentions that it is brought out to the connector, multiplexed with the monitor ID pins. skissane 12 hours ago Maybe it's buggy or something? Unreliable? Use causes overheating or RF interference issues?Maybe IBM added it for project X, and then project X got cancelled, and everyone else forgot it was ever there...
fredoralive 16 hours ago The article mentions that it is brought out to the connector, multiplexed with the monitor ID pins.
skissane 12 hours ago Maybe it's buggy or something? Unreliable? Use causes overheating or RF interference issues?Maybe IBM added it for project X, and then project X got cancelled, and everyone else forgot it was ever there...
It’s interesting that the gate arrays are supplied by Seiko, and the only known MCGA systems apart from IBM are from Epson. The bit of Seiko that made the gate arrays appears to be… Seiko Epson. So is it a coincidence? Sub-licensing? Skullduggery?
Not sure what you're trying to say. The full name of Epson is Seiko Epson.
Seiko can cover a fairly large group of companies, Seiko Epson is a particular subgroup of it (now somewhat detached from the main group).
Wow this is amazing work!
A fucking built-in genlock? For years I thought only Amigas had those!
Put on the die, but only expose on the $$$$ builds using it?
The article mentions that it is brought out to the connector, multiplexed with the monitor ID pins.
Maybe it's buggy or something? Unreliable? Use causes overheating or RF interference issues?
Maybe IBM added it for project X, and then project X got cancelled, and everyone else forgot it was ever there...