An old chip met Super Nintendo cartridgesSourced
A patent dispute led an engineer to build a working computer with game-console parts.
Lee Boysel demonstrated the early AL1 chip in a small computer built for a microprocessor patent dispute. Its input/output hardware used repurposed Super Nintendo cartridges, helping show that the older design could work.
A game cartridge helped make a point about computing history.
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