OperaHW about

Opera is a code-name for 3DO Multiplayer platform. In it's basics it has following parts:

• CPU
• MADAM (Memory Address Decoder Access Manager)
• CLIO (Controller of Link and Input/Output)
• CDROM Drive

Later versions of Opera has MADAM and CLIO combined under one package - Anvil.

On other sections of this wiki we will take a deep look into the Opera hardware. Until then -- let's take a look inside MADAM and CLIO

MADAM is an AT&T FPGA and has following parts:

• Memory manager
• DMA controller
• CEL engine
• FENCE memory access protection
• PBUS controller & DMA
• MATRIX coprocessor

CLIO is an AT&T FPGA and has following parts:

• Interrupt controller
• Watchdog
• DMA controller
• Timers
• VDLP
• DSP
• XBUS