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Article #15028Re: Sega Genesis Guts And Operation...
From: Chris Gregors
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 01:55
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 01:55
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In article <1992Nov18.065012.6143@njitgw.njit.edu> dcg5662@hertz.njit.edu (Dave Grabowski (KxiK)) writes: > > 1. Exactly what is this 40-pin DIP? Too many pins for a ROM, I would >think. That's all that was in the cartridges. Thats exactly what it is! a 16 bit wide eprom. The carts that I've hacked around with can be copied into a 27c1024 and run just fine. If you're really interested, I could post what I've decoded of the cart pin-out (not quite complete but enough to get the idea of what is possible through the cart slot. > > 2. How come the Electronic Arts cartridges have those yellow tabs on >the sides? They can be taken out, and don't serve ANY purpose at all. > But they're sooooooo pretty and my cat likes to play with them! I wouldn't give them up for anything! :^) -- | Chris Gregors aka General Mayhem | | The secrets of the universe are very simple, I just can't figure them out! |
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!destroyer!cs.ubc.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca!ersys!crs-sys!crs From: crs@crs-sys.uucp (Chris Gregors) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Sega Genesis Guts And Operation... Message-ID: <1992Nov20.015516.27820@crs-sys.uucp> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 01:55:16 GMT References: <1992Nov18.005837.11091@cis.ohio-state.edu> <1992Nov17.235411.1@ulkyvx.louisville.edu> <1992Nov18.065012.6143@njitgw.njit.edu> Organization: Confusion Control Lines: 19