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|ARM
|Formerly “Advanced Risc Machines”. The designer of the CPU used in the 3DO Opera.
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|ARM60
|The ARM CPU used in the 3DO Opera. Retail system runs the CPU at 12.5Mhz (1/4th the main 50Mhz clock).
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|CEL
|(Sometimes referred to as a “sprite”)
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|CEL Engine
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|MADAM
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|CLIO
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|ANVIL
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|AMY
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|Expansion Interface
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|PLUT
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|CLUT
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|DRAM
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|VRAM
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|NVRAM
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|FENCE
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|Opera
|The code name for the original ARM based 3DO console hardware.
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|Portfolio
|The name of the proprietary operating system used by the 3DO Opera and later 3DO M2 systems.
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|SlowBus
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|SlipStream
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|LRFORM
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|Packed
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|Coded
|(also referred to as “normal”)
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|Uncoded
|(also referred to as “linear”)
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|PPMP
|Pen and Palette Manipulation Processor.
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|PIXC
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|CCoB
|CEL Control Block. (sometimes referred to as SCoB, Sprite Control Block)
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|Clipping
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|DSP/DSPP
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|DIPIR
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|UNCLE
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|REGIS
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|DMA
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|BPP
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|CCARF
|(also may be referred to as “SCARF”)
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|CFBD
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|VDL
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|DMANFW
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|D-mode
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|IPN
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|IPS
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|MUNKEE
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|PIN
|Pen Index Number
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|PIP
|Pen Index Palette
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|Regis Filbin
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|SPORT
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|SVF
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|SYSRAM
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|M25M
|The main system clock. 25Mhz. Coming from the main oscillator divided by 2.
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|Tick
|1 cycle of the main clock, M25M.
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|Vick
|1 period of the video clock, V25M.
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|V25M
|The video clock. Nominally 24.5454Mhz. Twice the Pixel Clock.
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|Pixel Clock
|Nominally 12.2727MHz.
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|MCLK
|The CPU Master Clock of 12.5Mhz.
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|RGB444
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|RGB555
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|VIRS
|Vertical Interval Reference Signal
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