TimeNaan@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoFound a brand new, unused Pong console from 1979 in an Edinburgh charity shop for 20£lemmy.worldimagemessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1376arrow-down14
arrow-up1372arrow-down1imageFound a brand new, unused Pong console from 1979 in an Edinburgh charity shop for 20£lemmy.worldTimeNaan@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squarethejbw@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agoEssentially the “program” was baked into the hardware design itself. It didn’t have a rom chip or something, it just had hardware circuits dedicated to each function, like drawing the paddle etc.
Essentially the “program” was baked into the hardware design itself. It didn’t have a rom chip or something, it just had hardware circuits dedicated to each function, like drawing the paddle etc.