Re: ZIP CHip (8bit) on 6502 systems

[musjndx@gsusgi2.gsu.edu (Jonathan N. Deitch)]

fn0730@cd4680fs.rrze.uni-erlangen.de (Kurs-30) writes:

>has anyone tried the ZIP CHips (4 or 8 Mhz versions) on any other
>6502 or 65C02 system than an 8bit Apple II ?

>In my opinion, there must be a possibility that this could work.

The ZIP chip is specifically designed to avoid accelerated the memeory
areas specified in the Apple for use as i/o ... this means anything from
C000 up to CFFF.  I'm not sure how it handles the ROM/RAM banks from
D000 up to FFFF, but it may or may not accelerate those either.

Thus, if your system doesn't have the same address and memory structure in
it as the Apple, you *might* have problems.

Anyone tried a zip chip in a MS Pac Man ?

- Jonathan
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