Jimbo

Just wanted to add some details to this discussion that you might find interesting. This is not an actual quote and was used for formatting created from my knowledge and a couple of websites. The actual quoted info in the quote block has a citation at the end. I have my doubts whether either PolarFab or Cypress Semiconductor Minnesota would have acquired the assets for the NES modem from CDC since both were semiconductor fabs. They would have been more likely to have made the CMOS and related IC chips used on the modem/carts circuit board than make and assemble NES modems. I currently work at SkyWater Technology and tried asking about this to some of the oldest employees. Unfortunately, the oldest employee never worked for Control Data and was hired back in the mid 1990's by Cypress Semiconductor Minnesota. None of them remember anything about this. Even more unfortunately, there have been layoffs and restructuring since then so even asking these long term employees if they know anyone to ask has become significantly less possible. I definitely support this cause. Good luck on acquiring and dumping the ROM. I'd love to bust out an emulator at work and pull this up on it. People would get a kick out of this story since it came from our parent parent company. I hope that was interesting and worth your time reading it. -Jimbo