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[[File: | = Back then = | ||
These pictures are taken from an SNK corporate video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1yyAA1wgDE available on Youtube]]. | |||
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File:snkvideo1.jpg|Graphics artist using an [[Art box]]. Is he drawing with a keyboard ?! | |||
File:snkvideo2.jpg|Funky shirt programmer | |||
File:snkvideo3.jpg|Development cartridges using JEIDA cards and a [[68k]] emulator | |||
File:snkvideo4.jpg|More programming with green-on-black monitors | |||
File:snkvideo9.jpg|Old Osaka factory with inconspicuous sign | |||
File:snkvideo5.jpg|Electronics assembly chain, visibly not in the plant shown below. Where was that ? | |||
File:snkvideo6.jpg|MVS cart boards being populated in a pick and place machine | |||
File:snkvideo7.jpg|Mechanical assembly of [[MV4]] slots | |||
File:snkvideo8.jpg|QA testing setup | |||
File:snkvideo10.jpg|SNK's own private sauna. No homo. | |||
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[[File:NEO-MVS_SYSTEM.png|200px|thumb|left|The Neo·Geo Base Unit for Development]] | |||
The official development system's manual can be downloaded here : [[File:Neo·Geo Base Unit Manual For Development.pdf]] | |||
It describes all of the development features, but not the error handling program which allows for direct registry reading and writing. | |||
Screenshots and explanations will be provided. | |||
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= Today = | |||
[[File:Snkkobe.jpg|frame|SNK's Miki (Hyogo prefecture) factory near Kobe in 2015, which is now a truck rental agency (Aktio).]] | |||
SNK's Kobe plant and Esaka office seem to be still active mid-2015. | |||
Video showing that the Esaka office is filled with doors, stairs and Coke vending machines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EP6s7mDXdU | |||
[[File:Snkfactory.jpg|frame|Satellite view of the same plant in 2013, new buildings were built around since then.]] | |||
[[Category:Cartridge systems]] | |||
Latest revision as of 20:58, 13 February 2024
Back then
These pictures are taken from an SNK corporate video [available on Youtube].
-
Graphics artist using an Art box. Is he drawing with a keyboard ?!
-
Funky shirt programmer
-
Development cartridges using JEIDA cards and a 68k emulator
-
More programming with green-on-black monitors
-
Old Osaka factory with inconspicuous sign
-
Electronics assembly chain, visibly not in the plant shown below. Where was that ?
-
MVS cart boards being populated in a pick and place machine
-
Mechanical assembly of MV4 slots
-
QA testing setup
-
SNK's own private sauna. No homo.
The official development system's manual can be downloaded here : File:Neo·Geo Base Unit Manual For Development.pdf
It describes all of the development features, but not the error handling program which allows for direct registry reading and writing.
Screenshots and explanations will be provided.
.
Today
SNK's Kobe plant and Esaka office seem to be still active mid-2015.
Video showing that the Esaka office is filled with doors, stairs and Coke vending machines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EP6s7mDXdU
