Re: 65032: Re-designed 65c832

[Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>]

Just a jolt of reality here, who are you going to get to fabricate the chip,
and have you looked into what you would be charged to do that (setup costs, as
well as manufacturing?)

Dreaming is nice, and nothing will get done if there isn't a dream first, but
to see this through you need goals, and plans for meeting those goals.

Roy

Arkain wrote:

> The idea is just to give the system access to a full 4GB memory plain when
> in 32bit mode. The registers will look just the same as you would expect in
> 16bit and 8bit mode.  I don't intend to forfeit anything more than pin
> compatibility with this new chip.
>
> Arkain
>
> Matt Jenkins <mdj@bilby.cs.rmit.edu.au> wrote in message
> 3992480a@naylor.cs.rmit.edu.au">news:3992480a@naylor.cs.rmit.edu.au...
> > Arkain <rwking@no.usa.spam.net> wrote:
> >
> > I don't see why not, as long as you don't do anything that would break
> > compatibility with existing 65816 code (since the processor is intended
> > to be backward compatible), which might be a problem if you mess with
> > the bank select register.
> >
> > The original 65832 was intended to be pin compatible with the 65816, so
> > I'd keep that in mind.
> >
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