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fredoralive 20 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 16 hours ago [-]
Not sure what you're trying to say. The full name of Epson is Seiko Epson.
fredoralive 15 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).
bananaboy 18 hours ago [-]
Wow this is amazing work!
bitwize 21 hours ago [-]
A fucking built-in genlock? For years I thought only Amigas had those!
ggm 21 hours ago [-]
Put on the die, but only expose on the $$$$ builds using it?
skissane 16 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 20 hours ago [-]
The article mentions that it is brought out to the connector, multiplexed with the monitor ID pins.
Maybe IBM added it for project X, and then project X got cancelled, and everyone else forgot it was ever there...