Series 3a - mame (0286) machine

machine

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name	sourcefile	sampleof	isbios	isdevice	ismechanical	runnable	description	year	manufacturer	cloneof	romof
psion3a	psion/psion3a.cpp		no	no	no	yes	Series 3a	1993	Psion

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Key	Length	LastWriteTime	Width	Height	HorizontalResolution	VerticalResolution	PaletteLength	PixelFormat	PropertyItems	PixelSHA1
psion3a	5882	29/12/2025 11:31:38	480	160	96	96	0	Format24bppRgb	305:MAME 0.254.0 (Apr 27 2023)	2ea23a46675f3b2a8b467b3f9446d9aa1f2ac440

display

tag	type	rotate	width	height	refresh	pixclock	htotal	hbend	hbstart	vtotal	vbend	vbstart	flipx
screen	lcd	0	480	160	66.000000	5068800	480	0	480	160	0	160	no

driver

status	emulation	savestate	requiresartwork	unofficial	nosoundhardware	incomplete	cocktail
good	good	supported	no	no	no	no

rom

name	size	crc	sha1	region	offset	status	optional	merge	bios
s3a_v3.22f_eng.bin	1048576	fafa3820	c1a320b43280cfdb74fc1cb1363fca88dd187487	rom	0	good	no		322f

chip

type	tag	name	clock
cpu	asic9:v30	NEC V30	7680000
audio	mono	Speaker
audio	speaker	Filtered DAC
audio	codec	Series 3a A-law Codec

softwarelist

tag	name	status	filter
ssd_list	psion_ssd	original	S3,S3A

device_ref

tag	name
:asic9	psion_asic9
:asic9:v30	v30
:screen	screen
:palette	palette
:mono	speaker
:speaker	speaker_sound_device
:ram	ram
:nvram	nvram
:ssd1	psion_ssd
:ssd1:asic5	psion_asic5
:ssd2	psion_ssd
:ssd2:asic5	psion_asic5
:ssd_list	software_list
:sibo	psion_sibo_slot
:codec	psion3a_codec

biosset

name	description	default
322f	V3.22F/ENG	no

sound

channels
1

ramoption

name	default
256K
512K	yes

device, instance

type	tag	interface	fixed_image	mandatory	name	briefname
ssd	ssd1	psion_ssd			ssd1	ssd1
ssd	ssd2	psion_ssd			ssd2	ssd2

device, extension

type	tag	interface	fixed_image	mandatory	extension_names
ssd	ssd1	psion_ssd			rom, bin
ssd	ssd2	psion_ssd			rom, bin

input

players	coins	service	tilt
1		no	no

control

type	player	buttons	ways	reverse	minimum	maximum	sensitivity	keydelta	ways2	ways3
keyboard		66		no

port, analog

port_tag	analog_masks
:COL0
:COL1
:COL2
:COL3
:COL4
:COL5
:COL6
:COL7

slot, slotoption

slot_name	slotoption_name	slotoption_devname	slotoption_default
sibo	serial	psion_3link_ser	no
sibo	parallel	psion_3link_par	no
sibo	fax	psion_3fax	no

clones

name	description
pocketbk2	Pocket Book II
psion3a2_de	Series 3a (2M) (German)
psion3a2_it	Series 3a (2M) (Italian)
psion3a2_ru	Series 3a (2M) (Russian)
psion3a2_us	Series 3a (2M) (US)
psion3a2	Series 3a (2M)