frogstar_robot Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 This is an embedded device that in and of itself has nothing to do with Atari 8-bits but check out the names they gave the processor architecture and DSP in this thing : http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8479495970.html Jason Kridner, principal architect for open platforms at TI, says the Beagle board offers a very user-friendly way to explore the capabilities of the A8 architecture, as well as the C64x DSP, for which a free compiler and open source codecs are available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmel_andrews Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Could this tech. form the basis of an 'A8 on a chip' similar to devices presently available on the MSX and 8bit Nes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 No. It's just a real small computer with RISC CPU and a small graphics processor. Make a kick-arse HTPC + emu box (size-wise). Kinda weird that they didn't bother to put SATA ports on it but I guess that'd add a lot of size/complexity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogstar_robot Posted July 31, 2008 Author Share Posted July 31, 2008 Could this tech. form the basis of an 'A8 on a chip' similar to devices presently available on the MSX and 8bit Nes It's nothing of the sort but it does appear to have the grunt necessary to run emulators. It's just a general purpose computer in a low power super small form factor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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