THC> Details about the new Sega system, codenamed "Dural," have been
 THC> leaking out ever since MMWIRE discovered the project early last year
 THC> in documents Sega's one-time partner 3Dfx Interactive [TDFX] filed
 THC> with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Sega is said to be
 THC> working with Microsoft [MSFT] on the new platform's operating system,
 THC> which will be Windows-compatible and may be able to run at least some
 THC> PC games (MMW, Sept. 12).  GT Interactive [GTIS] CEO Ron Chaimowitz
 THC> says Dural will also have more RAM than PlayStation. The Windows
 THC> compatibility should make developing for Dural less expensive than
 THC> otherwise since developers will be able to use existing PC technology
 THC> to build the games.
  Just some corrections... according to Next Generation magazine, the final 
"mystery code name" for Sega's new system is Katana, based on the Samurai 
sword.  They say that this name is popular enough that it may be used as the 
official name.
  Also, Microsoft is indeed going to provide an OS for the Katana, nicknamed 
Dragon.  It'll basically be Windows CE 2.0 (that palmtop OS) with DirectX 
5.2.  However, it'll take up 8 MB of RAM; so Sega will either have to 
increase the system RAM to 16 MB (versus the minimum 8), and/or encourage 
people to code straight to Sega's own OS for better performance.
  There are a few things that have been confirmed, though, such as the 
Hitachi 200 MHz CPU, 8 MB of texture RAM and 2 MB of sound RAM.  So whatever 
the Katana turns out to be, it should at least be visually impressive.
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