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   XPost: alt.sega.genesis   
   From: bel@whipassgaming.com   
      
   Another thing I've been kind of questioning:   
      
   (from the Mega Drive wiki...I know, I know, I don't take anything I read   
   in there without more than a few grains of salt, but I've heard this   
   elsewhere as well)   
      
   "As the cartridge slot was of a different shape, Sega released the Power   
   Base Converter, a separate device that sat between an SMS cartridge and   
   the Mega Drive's cartridge slot. The Power Base Converter did not   
   contain any SMS components, instead functioning as a pass-through   
   device. The converter contained a top slot for cartridge based games   
   along with a front slot for card based games. Once an 8-bit game was   
   inserted, the system put the Z80 in control, leaving the 68000 idle."   
      
   Has anyone actually ever opened a PBC? Now, granted, once you remove the   
   shell you're left with what looks like a skeleton of a Game Genie or   
   something...but are they really saying that *all* that stuff is just for   
   cart pass through!? I don't get it...it looks like there's way more than   
   just some pin re-assigning going on with that chunk of technology.   
      
   Bel   
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