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In article <gate.7JuLqB1w165w@toz.buffalo.ny.us> cyberman@toz.buffalo.ny.us (Cyberman) writes:
>I've been looking at all these entertainment sytems.  Nintendo
>Genesis etc.  I don't like what I see, quite frankly.  I would
>like to put out this "wierd" idea.  An OPEN video game standard.
>That is IDENTICAL hardware that can be hacked to poeple's hearts
>content.  And be programed by ANYONE with a little knowledge.  I
>have some ideas already how to go about it.
An interesting idea, but I suspect only the hackers will be interested.

>First it will require being patented.  Reason?  So everyone has
>access to it AND so that some other company doesn't patent it and
>steal it off the market so they can sell thier own proprietary
>format at thier extortionary prices.  COPYRIGHT.  All software
>will be copyrighted for the SAME reasons as above.  So no one
>else can say it's THIERS.
Why patent ? Publish it, then it becomes prior art. Besides any company
that managed to get a patent would have to do a major rework to add some
sort of lock chip because without that anybody could develop carts,but with
the added advantage of an easily obtained console.
As for software, (at least where I come from), the copyright goes to whoever
wrote it. If you want to give it away, but not into the PD, write it on the
licence.

>Base machine ideas.  68k based with a built in kernal

More important will be the graphics and sound, and will it use carts, or
will it have a disc drive ? Take a look at some of the TI graphics processors.
They have a processor, dram control and video timing all in one chip. Just add
video DACS, sound chip, glue including jostick logic.
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Kenneth@Edinburgh