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Re: How do I add firmware to a card?
- Subject: Re: How do I add firmware to a card?
- From: "David Wilson" <mcs6502@gmail.com>
- Date: 5 Jan 2007 01:25:27 -0800
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Michael J. Mahon wrote:
> Actually, by the time you add a bank latch, the logic is much more
> complex than the flipflop and a couple of gates to enable the
> $C800..$CFFF space, and that gives you a full 2KB to play in
> without worrying about bank switching. If you follow protocol, it
> will even be preserved through interrupts, etc.
And probably the most valuable feature is that you do not need position
independent code (although with big cheap EPROMs you can just replicate
the CNxx code 7 times with appropriate mods).