• A fantasy computer from my worldbuilding

    From halian@21:2/132 to All on Thu Sep 12 19:40:35 2024
    º Hey all!
    º
    º I recently designed a fantasy computer for one of my worldbuilding
    º projects, a Pok‚mon-themed one known as the Hoennverse, and wanted to talk
    º about it here. Here are the specs:
    º
    º º MIKAN ONE
    º º Country of origin: Hoenn
    º º Release year: 1980
    º º CPU: RCA 1802 @ 6.4 MHz (~360 KIPS)
    º º RAM: 4 KiB, upgradable to 8 KiB (officially; unofficially to 64 KiB)
    º º ROM: CHIP-8 with custom audio extension; BASIC and Forth also available
    º º PPU: Custom (TANE "Seed"); 320x192 graphics or 40x24 text; 64 colors, 8
    º º usable at once; 8 sprites; raster interrupts
    º º APU: TI SN76489 @ 4 MHz
    º º I/O: Custom chips; parallel, serial, timers, RTC; cartridge, tape, floppy; º º token ring available as a later add-on
    º
    º I also drew the ROM font:
    º º https://lospec.com/gallery/halian/mikan-one-rom-font
    º The four blanks are null (0x00), carriage return (0x7F), space (0x80), and
    º list terminator/end of text (0xFF).
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