Re: 20MHz 65C816 (IIGS CPU) in production: used in C= accelerator

[rubywand@aol.com]

In article <32b89df8.744233@PersonalNews.Germany.EU.net>,
sbehrens@arrowweb.com (S�nke Behrens) writes:

>
>Hey, folks, look: An understatement by our own Nathan "Evil Fiend"
>Mates. .... Actually, I'd like to second his notion. Ahem (clears throat,
climbs
>soapbox):
>

    That a fellow user may lack a bit in hardware design experience hardly
qualifies him as an "Evil Fiend".


>32MB? Get real, kid! 8MB RAM is what the GS architecture supports, and
>you obviously have no clue about it. Oh, so you want an MMU on there,
>too? Way cool, if completely silly and misguided. A bigger stack'd be
>more useful than an amount of RAM you could drown even Microsoft's
>code bloat in.

     Microsoft would be insulted! 32MB is not nearly enough RAM to drown
their bloated code.

     Evidently, something about plugging in a 20MHZ/ 32MB sytem is
confusing. It is because the GS cannot support more than 8MB RAM and the
fact that this RAM runs on such a low-speed bus that a separate system is
necessary. (Besides, the GS does not fully support even 8MB.)

     32MB RAM is a low-cost item which allows room for large applications
which employ SVGA-class graphics and high-quality sound. Still, the New GS
board might have a 'Wimp' switch to permit installing 4k banks of 21L02's
to help ease RAM-shy users into modern computing. 


>As for the 4MB FlashRAM: To be filled with what? You wanna put
>pictures of the developers' cocks in there or what? 4MB ... sheesh.
>Looked at FlashRAM prices recently? ....
>

     Fair enough. So, we start with 512k of FlashRAM. Even if this means
developers will not get full credit, it will be large enough for a decent
base operating system which can easily be updated.


Rubywand