finguzz Posted September 13, 2002 Share Posted September 13, 2002 hey, ya know how n64 is 64 'bits', nes is 8-bits, snes is 16-bits, etc ....? how many 'bits' is atari? - finguz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wavemotion Posted September 13, 2002 Share Posted September 13, 2002 hey, ya know how n64 is 64 'bits', nes is 8-bits, snes is 16-bits, etc ....? how many 'bits' is atari? - finguz From the FAQ found on AtariAge site: CPU: 6507 RAM: 128 Bytes, in VLSI ROM: 4K max Cpu Clock: 1.19 MHz Graphics Clock: 1.19 MHz Slot Config: Rom access only CPU Avail: less than 50% The 6507 is a reduced version of the 8-bit 6502. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubersaurus Posted September 13, 2002 Share Posted September 13, 2002 2600 is 8 bit, as are pretty much every system of the time (except intellivision...that was 16 bit). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark Posted September 13, 2002 Share Posted September 13, 2002 i thought it was 4 bit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Player Posted September 14, 2002 Share Posted September 14, 2002 I'm not a techie but I don't think a 4-bit processor would be able to operate video games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fretwobbler Posted September 14, 2002 Share Posted September 14, 2002 Whilst on the subject of bits, heres a great idea for your next birthday party Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyImpmon Posted September 14, 2002 Share Posted September 14, 2002 Cute... And I thought Intellivision operated as 12 bits or something odd even though it had 16 bit processor. And yes there can be a game on 4 bit processor. Turn your $2 calculator upside down and see how many words you can get from the numbers. One example would be 0.7734 (which would read hello when read upside down) I know not much but it does exists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted September 14, 2002 Share Posted September 14, 2002 i thought it was 4 bit? It's 8 bit, like any other 65XX CPU used in almost any 8-Bit Atari, Apple or Commodore computer or the NES for example. Only difference of the Ataris 6507 is that the interupt line is missing, which AFAIK made it cheaper back then. Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella'sGhost Posted September 14, 2002 Share Posted September 14, 2002 I'm not a techie but I don't think a 4-bit processor would be able to operate video games. I'm no expert but I think it would, though it would probably have unimpressive graphics to say the least. The Odyssey and Pong didn't even have microprocessors as we know them, they used TTL logic . 4 bit microprocessors were first used in calculators, the first one came out around 1971. By the time the Odyssey 2 and the 2600 were being developed 8 bit microprocessors were already out so there was no need to use 4 bit ones. Atari was trying to make the best-cheapest system they could, and timing/price/availability led them to use the less sophisticated 6507 over the 6502 but they are both 8 bits.....cool eh? Something like that anyways! I dunno.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted September 14, 2002 Share Posted September 14, 2002 CPU Avail: less than 50% Make that 'less than 30%'. (262-192)/262 = ~27% (average values for a NTSC game) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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