Re: 2Mhz Geos64??

From: Todd S Elliott (eyethian_at_juno.com)
Date: 1999-11-10 06:14:57

On Wed, 10 Nov 1999 13:03:59 +0800 "COPLIN, Nicholas."
<ncoplin@orbeng.com.au> writes:
> I've used patches to get the 2Mhz mode happening in the borders in 
> C64 mode
> (on a C128) whist in basic. Does anybody know of a patch for Geos64 
> which
> does the same thing? (I'm after a poor-man's CPU accelerator!).
> 
Heh.

Yes, there is a patch that allows GEOS to run in 2MHz. It is called,
strangely enough, GEOS 128. :) Ok, I get the gist of what you're after...

> If not, does anyone know enough about the GEOS kernal to know where 
> this
> sort of routine would be patched in.  Should be easy as Geos 
> background
> ticking is controlled through the raster interrupt in any case. 
> right?!?
> 
It's possible. AFAIK, GEOS does use the raster beam to coordinate its
interrupt activities. This kind of thing requires patching in its Kernal.
I forwarded this message to Maurice Randall, and maybe he can be of
assistance.

-Todd Elliott

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