Hi there,
VDP's are used a lot in other systems, to name one example that I have
experience with: I had a IBM-compatible XT from SpectraVideo (Was it called
X-press?) and it had a V9938 in there. The operating system was MS-dos, it
had a version of GW-basic that was extended to use the VDP. Sprites though
weren't supported by that basic. To get sprites, I had to program the VDP
directly, which was a lot of fun. Great about it was that the power of the
VDP was combined with a 16-bit processor and a 640kB memory (now banks to
switch, segments though). I got rid of it later when I bought a 386 and a
turboR, and I regret the fact that I did.
GreetZ
>From: MkII <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Subject: Popularity of VDP & OPL
>Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 06:08:20 +0200
>
>Were VDPs starting from 9938 (MSX2 MSX-VIDEO) featured in other non-MSX
>systems?
>
>Which VDP models were actually produced? Has Yamaha eaten the whole
>production of 9990s (apart from the few inside the GFX9000s)? Have they
>been used in other equipment or appliances (VTRs, TVs, CD/LD players,
>etc.)?
>
>Same goes for OPL chips.
>
>Just trying to port my games to more exotic platforms 8;)
>
>Kiss you lot.
>
>--
>Madonna Mark Two
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>
>
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