On Wednesday 04 March 2015, 18:29:34 Jim Brain <brain@jbrain.com> wrote: > It just does not make sense. It's like saying: I am going to modify my > iOS app for iOS8 and I am going to remove some key functionality, and > retest the entire app, since that functionality could affect any part of > the app. > > There has got to be more to this story. I don't buy that the TOD BCD > stuff took up that much die real estate, and so I can't believe that the > removal would have improved yield considerably. i can see how the original TOD circuit used a _lot_ more die space than the counter in the 8520, its certainly a lot more complex than a simple binary counter :) -- http://www.hitmen-console.org http://magicdisk.untergrund.net http://www.pokefinder.org http://ar.pokefinder.org Dick size still matters, just that money, race and in some extreme cases personality has a greater impact than an inch or two. Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2015-03-05 03:00:05
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