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Re: ROM 01 vs ROM 3



WEZAMG@DEVAX1 (George ZAMROZ) writes:
: In <19350@mindlink.bc.ca> Clayten_Hamacher@mindlink.bc.ca writes:
: 
: > Also, can you tell me why programs in rom run faster than programs in ram??
: > 
: Programs in ROM can run at the full speed of the processor (normally 2.8 Mhz).
: Programs in RAM lose some cpu cycles due to the memory refresh required and
: therefore run slower (about 2.5 Mhz).

That means that if you are using an accelerator, ROM 1 will be faster since
cache RAM is now faster than ROM.

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