"It needs just 930 logic gates (packed into 33 standard 7400-series ICs) to create a computer that beat 'complex' 1980s home computers like the VIC-20 in terms of both CPU power and graphics."
Given that 7400 chips existed at the time, why did no contemporary microcomputer go this route? Would it just have been cost prohibitive?
Given that 7400 chips existed at the time, why did no contemporary microcomputer go this route? Would it just have been cost prohibitive?