Terminology and Specifications
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Term | Description |
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ARM | Formerly “Advanced Risc Machines”. The designer of the CPU used in the 3DO Opera. |
ARM60 | The ARM CPU used in the 3DO Opera. Retail system runs the CPU at 12.5Mhz (1/4th the main 50Mhz clock). See arm. |
CEL | (Sometimes referred to as a “sprite”) |
CEL Engine | |
MADAM | |
CLIO | |
ANVIL | |
AMY | |
PLUT | |
CLUT | |
DRAM | |
VRAM | |
NVRAM | |
FENCE | |
Opera | The code name for the original ARM based 3DO console hardware. |
Portfolio | The name of the proprietary operating system used by the 3DO Opera and later 3DO M2 systems. |
Slowbus | |
SlipStream | |
LRFORM | |
Packed | |
Coded | (also referred to as “normal”) |
Uncoded | (also referred to as “linear”) |
PPMP | |
PIXC | |
CCoB | (sometimes referred to as SCoB) |
Clipping | |
DSP/DSPP | |
DIPIR | |
UNCLE | |
REGIS | |
DMA | |
BPP | |
CCARF | (also may be referred to as “SCARF”) |
CFBD | |
VDL | |
DMANFW | |
D-mode | |
IPN | |
IPS | |
MUNKEE | |
PIN | |
PIP | |
Regis Filbin | |
SPORT | |
SVF | |
SYSRAM | |
Tick | |
Vick | |
RGB444 | |
RGB555 |