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[-] HertzDentalBar 21 points 2 months ago

None of them had inbuilt memory for storage. NES used carts with a battery in em for storage, Sega I think it was similar. Shit even the PS1 lacked memory without a memory card.

[-] Tash@lemmy.world 43 points 2 months ago

The comic is about RAM, not storage. The 2600 was unique in that it had no RAM and needed to process everything in-between each scan line on the same chip.

[-] fartsparkles@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago

Technically it did have RAM but only 128 bytes used for the call stack but no frame buffer. The cartridges could include more RAM if needed in addition to the ROM.

[-] HertzDentalBar 10 points 2 months ago

Thanks for explaining 😊❤️

[-] capybara@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago

Memory and storage aren't synonymous

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