Re: Does the SNES have a BIOS? (nt)

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This message was posted by Jigsaw, posted on May 19, 2001 at 00:43:01 coming from 24.70.95
This message is a reply to Re: Does the SNES have a BIOS? (nt) posted from Mark posted at May 17, 2001 at 19:40:03
> > > It must have... or?

> > Of course it does. The BIOS is the Basic Input Output System. Just about every electronics device has a BIOS.

> > Jigsaw

> Of course it doesn't. The SNES does not have a BIOS.

> There is a small amount of ROM code inside the sound CPU, but that is for the sound CPU only, not externally accessible. The lockout chip has its own program inside, but again, that is not accessible. Neither of those could be called a BIOS.

> There is no built-in 65816 code.

> -- Mark

Well, considering that a cartridge is technically part of the SNES hardware (it won't function without one -- it contains the operating system), it's safe to say that the 'BIOS' would be within a cartridge. Every type of computer device needs some sort of BIOS to tell it what to do when you turn it on. It wouldn't be by any means the type of BIOS you would find in a PC, but it does need a basic input output system to be initialized before it can perform any functions. There's no way around it.

Jigsaw

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Message	> > > > It must have... or? > > > Of course it does. The BIOS is the Basic Input Output System. Just about every electronics device has a BIOS. > > > Jigsaw > > Of course it doesn't. The SNES does not have a BIOS. > > There is a small amount of ROM code inside the sound CPU, but that is for the sound CPU only, not externally accessible. The lockout chip has its own program inside, but again, that is not accessible. Neither of those could be called a BIOS. > > There is no built-in 65816 code. > > -- Mark > Well, considering that a cartridge is technically part of the SNES hardware (it won't function without one -- it contains the operating system), it's safe to say that the 'BIOS' would be within a cartridge. Every type of computer device needs some sort of BIOS to tell it what to do when you turn it on. It wouldn't be by any means the type of BIOS you would find in a PC, but it does need a basic input output system to be initialized before it can perform any functions. There's no way around it. > Jigsaw
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