Re: Just a side note. Was (IIGS Ram Doubler?)

[adrissmn@gopher.chem.wayne.edu (Avi Drissman)]

RKE (gardnern@ucsu.Colorado.EDU) wrote:

: I have a design sheet for the WDC658C16 that points out the _abort signal 
: would be a great way for a system to use virtual memory (paraphrased).  
: However Apple, Inc. choose not to use that feature of the chip in the 
: GS.  Does anyone know if SNES uses the _abort for VM?

Well, having seen a a Mac in the seisures of thrashing due to VM,
I know that badly done VM is almost worse than no VM.

As for the SNES, why would it need it? VM needs a HD, and the SNES 
has none. As for the size of the cartridges, the largest I've seen is
32 megabit, which is 4 Mbyte. Since the '816 can do 16, the limit 
won't be reached for a while.

Avi
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