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Re: CACHE????



In article <4rb47d$lm8@newsbf02.news.aol.com>,
RUBYWAND <rubywand@aol.com> wrote:
> In article <4rai0m$pqd@blackice.winternet.com>, irsman@winternet.com (Ian
> Schmidt) writes:
> 
> >
> >The ZipGS has no ROMs of any kind - all cache logic is hardwired into the
> >gate array.
> 
>      What about the Zip Chip? Are you saying there is no code there?

Correct.  Everything is hard wired, using a simpler version of the
ASIC that is used on the ZIP GS.  I suspect the ZIP CHIP detects the
press of the ESC key by directly accessing the keyboard latch at reset
time.
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David Empson
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