Re:Alltech Electronics

[ericlob@cris.com (ericlob)]

Nathan Mates <nathan@visi.com> wrote:
>
>   14Mhz is *extremely* touchy. Not every GS can handle that, and it's
>a function of ROM version, quantum thermodynamics, other cards in
>machine, phase of moon, ambient temperature, number of prayers you've
>said recently, among several other important factors. Plus, you've got
>diminishing returns, as you're still locked to the 2.5 or 1Mhz bus for
>any transfers to/from main memory-- there's only so much that can run
>solely from cache.

OK, this is never going to happen, but...

Now that fast memory is so cheap, wouldn't it make more sense for an
accelerator designed today to just include the full 4 (or 8) MB of RAM on
board and run it at full speed? I know you'd have to drop down to 1MHz
for I/O and the like, but...