3do
     
         a set of specifications created and
        owned by the 3do company, which is a partnership of seven
        different companies.  these specs are the blueprint for making
        a 3do interactive multiplayer and are licensed to hardware and
        software producers.
     
        a 3do system has an arm60 32-bit risc cpu and a graphics
        engine based around two custom designed graphics and animation
        processors.  it has 2 megabytes of dram, 1 megabyte of
        vram, and a double speed cd-rom drive for main storage.
     
        the panasonic 3do system can run 3do interactive software,
        play audio cds including support for cd+g, view photo-cds,
        and will eventually be able to play video cds with a special
        add-on mpeg1 full-motion video cartridge.  up to 8
        controllers can be daisy-chained on the system at once.  a
        keyboard, mouse, light gun, and other peripherals may also
        some day be hooked into the system, although they are not
        currently available december 1993.  the 3do can display
        full-motion video, fully texture mapped 3d landscapes,
        all in 24-bit colour.  sanyo and att will also release
        3do systems.  sanyo's in mid 1994 and att in late 1994.
     
        there will be a 3do add-on cartridge based on the powerpc to
        enable the 3do to compete with sony's playstation console
        and sega's saturn console, both of which have a higher
        specification than the original 3do.  the add-on is commonly
        known as the m2 or bulldog.  it should hit the shops by
        christmas 1995 and will allegedly do a million flat shaded
        polygons per second.
     
        3do home http://www.3do.com/.
     
        usenet newsgroup: news:rec.games.video.3do.
     
        1994-12-13
     
     
see also:
arm60 risc cpu dram vram cd-rom 
panasonic photo-cd video cd mpeg full-motion video 
controller daisy-chain texture map sanyo att 
powerpc sony playstation sega saturn 
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