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Amin Girasol<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@zwangseinweisung" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>zwangseinweisung</span></a></span> now that's an interesting contender! I didn't know the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Sega" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sega</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Megadrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Megadrive</span></a> had a <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Z80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Z80</span></a> in it! I know it as a <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/sixteenBit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sixteenBit</span></a> machine. According to Wikipedia, the Z80 was used to coordinate the sound chips:</p><blockquote><p>The main microprocessor is a 16/32-bit Motorola 68000 CPU clocked at 7.6 MHz. An 8-bit Zilog Z80 processor controls the sound hardware and provides backward compatibility with the Master System.</p></blockquote><p>...and:</p><blockquote><p>The Genesis produces sound using a Texas Instruments SN76489 programmable sound generator, integrated with the Video Display Processor (VDP), and a Yamaha YM2612 FM synthesizer chip. The Z80 processor is primarily used to control both sound chips to produce stereo music and sound effects.</p></blockquote><p>Thanks for mentioning this system!</p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Genesis" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_G</span><span class="invisible">enesis</span></a></p>
Amin Girasol<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bitbang.social/@jaruzel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jaruzel</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@StefanoGaivota" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>StefanoGaivota</span></a></span> interesting! To me, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> covers early <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/eightbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eightbit</span></a> (and <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/sixteenbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sixteenbit</span></a>) personal computers, and <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> covers <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/mainframe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mainframe</span></a>, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/minicomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minicomputer</span></a> and <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/workstation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workstation</span></a> machines (the latter category being composed of <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/LispMachines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LispMachines</span></a>, graphical <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a> workstations and of course the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/XeroxParc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XeroxParc</span></a> machines).</p>
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