Re: Possible new hardware project

[Terence J. Boldt <apple2@cgocable.net>]

In article <1e8c326.u8npfc1cwyzmcN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz>,
dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:
>Sounds like flash ROM to me.  They have misnamed the product.
>The terms "ROM" and "RAM" have become rather sloppy over the
>years.

I used to call it "Flash-ROM" but when ordering some chips, I
found them under the title "Flash-RAM".  Odd.  I agree that
Flash-ROM is a more appropriate term.  Anyway, I'm almost done
hammering out an inital design on paper that will allow up to a
4 MB Flash-ROM drive, 4 MB RAM drive or a combo 2 MB RAM / 2 MB
Flash-ROM dual drive.  It can also run as low as a 512KB Flash-
ROM drive which would be quite cheap.  The other chips can be
added at a later date by the end user.  Just be sure to set the
right jumpers.  :-)  The design is a bit more complicated than
my ROM-Drive but I should still have a prototype done sometime
this spring.




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Terence J. Boldt
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