Re: 65816

[tmquin@NS_attglobal.net (Thomas M Quin)]

Where did you get your 14Mhz chip from? Is there another source other
than buying direct from WDC?

Tom





On 14 Jun 2001 19:51:08 -0700, waynes@intergate.ca (Wayne Stewart)
wrote:

>Linards Ticmanis wrote 
>
>> A bit offtopic, but I wonder, for the Commodore 64 there was until
>> recently a 20Mhz upgrade on the market, the 65816 based SuperCPU. How
>> so, if Western Design Center doesn't have anything else than 14 MHz
>> listed? Or did they make 20MHz 65816s at one time?
>
>I don't know anything about commodores or WDC but a particular rating on
>a chip doesn't always mean it can't go lots faster. My 15mhz ZipGS is using 
>an 8mhz 65816. I did pick up a 14mhz 65816 to see if that would make it more 
>stable at 16mhz but had no luck. I later took it out to try in another 
>accellerator that was flaky and never bothered putting it back. 
>
>What would be interesting would be a way to connect an accellerator directly 
>up to memory and say a Ramfast thus avoiding the slow buss speed for a lot of 
>stuff. I recall an interview with the producers of the Ramfast where they 
>stated that the Ramfast could move data at 2.5 timed the speed the IIgs buss 
>would accept it.
>
>	Wayne