Re: A85: Daedulus
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Re: A85: Daedulus
I was under the impression that gameboy uses a specialized z80 chip (like
with graphical routines like that mmx stuff) so wouldn't it also be
running at approx. 6 mhz?
On Fri, 19 Sep 1997, David G Taylor wrote:
> >>Ess Andreas wrote:
> >>>
> >>> NO! 4 mHz instead of 6. We have a special system to have it at about the
> >same speed > like the 85 one.
> >>
> >>Um, the Ti-85 is actually ~1Mhz, even though it is 'rated' at 6Mhz (I
> >>still don't know what that means).
> >
> >Oh boy, I get to be the teacher and BOTH of you get to learn something! :)
> >The chip IS RATED at 6Mhz. The reason for this is due to the fact that the
> >chip has 6,000,000 clock cycles per second. Think about it. Your
> >computer's CPU is doing something like 133Mhz or 133,000,000 clock cycles
> >per second. There is no difference in the measurements of speed for either
> >a PC or a hand-held graphing calculator.
>
>
> Actually, Andi was talking about the GameBoy's 4,000,000 clock cycles/s,
> against the 6 mil for the TI-85.. But, I did learn something too :)
>
Biya! =)
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