Out of curiousity, will RGB PPUs work with NOACs?

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Out of curiousity, will RGB PPUs work with NOACs?

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Just out of curiosity, could NOACs do RGB? I know they couldn't do RGB out-of-the-box because they'd also have to clone Famicom Titler/Playchoice-10 hardware, but could they still be modified with an RGB PPU? Not an actual one though, possibly something like this:

http://universalppu.com/

As not to waste resources.
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Re: Out of curiousity, will RGB PPUs work with NOACs?

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I don't see how you could get into the data lines connecting the CPU and the PPU when the both are unified in a single chip.
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Fudoh wrote:I don't see how you could get into the data lines connecting the CPU and the PPU when the both are unified in a single chip.
I see. Well that doesn't disappoint me too much.
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Oh, and can you assume the same for NES modded stereo?
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yes, but stereo on the NES is overrated. The basic hardware design is mono and getting a stereo effect using a mod is just a bit of trickery.
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Fudoh wrote:yes, but stereo on the NES is overrated. The basic hardware design is mono and getting a stereo effect using a mod is just a bit of trickery.
Ah. Okay then, oh well. Famiclones will look at least Composite-decent if used with a Linedoubler and Scanline Generator though, right?
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well, no, not really. Composite's rubbish and the better and larger the displays, the worse it gets.

If you don't want to go RGB, my guess is that the Retron 5 with HDMI will be the next best choice.
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