tiff_lee
Grand Master
Can someone enlighten me as to what's the deal with Model 2/3 step revisions and conversions?
From what i've read you can only convert a model 2/3 board to another game of the same step (of the donor board) but what is the reason for this limitation? is it something in the roms which dictates this?
Take model 3 for example, each step just ups the CPU clock speed with the exception of 2.1 which just changes the package type of some custom IC's (according to system16). What stops a higher step board running games from a lower step?
I can see the logic in a higher step game not running on older, slower hardware but the other way around?
From what i've read you can only convert a model 2/3 board to another game of the same step (of the donor board) but what is the reason for this limitation? is it something in the roms which dictates this?
Take model 3 for example, each step just ups the CPU clock speed with the exception of 2.1 which just changes the package type of some custom IC's (according to system16). What stops a higher step board running games from a lower step?
I can see the logic in a higher step game not running on older, slower hardware but the other way around?