Now that I’ve gotten a handle on the ColecoVision, the SG-1000, and the MSX1, I’m in a better position to actually dig more deeply into the what the TMS9918 VDP chip they all share can …| Bumbershoot Software
Last week I introduced three systems whose hardware was very similar to one another and also relied on chips first introduced to the market by the more ill-fated TI-99/4A. In order to get a better …| Bumbershoot Software
My series of TI-99/4A posts earlier this year turned out to be surprisingly popular, but I had really originally intended it as a stepping stone: its graphics and sound chips were extremely influential and either were directly included in many later systems or significantly inspired their designs. That influence runs very late: despite being introduced […]| Bumbershoot Software
Man. It has been, like, six months since we’ve made an 8-bit machine do something not in its spec sheets. So, let’s have a look at the Commodore 64’s bitmap mode. The way this wor…| Bumbershoot Software
Last week’s adventures revolved around TI BASIC and its extensions. Those extensions were shipped as cartridges, or, in TI parlance, “command modules.” This week we’ll trans…| Bumbershoot Software
It’s been awhile since I’ve looked at an architecture that’s completely new to me, and I haven’t done any since creating my new scheme for dedicated platform guides. I’…| Bumbershoot Software
