Re: Switchless ROMs

From: Payton Byrd <plbyrd_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2016 11:13:49 -0600
Message-ID: <CAJm6qqfZeL+46c1wKz-Y-6=zZfehZLMpXVBE-XXSOEVse3fWbQ@mail.gmail.com>
Also, can this be done on a 128?

On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 11:13 AM, Payton Byrd <plbyrd@gmail.com> wrote:

> So Jim,
>
> How long should I wait before ordering a JiffyDOS with this feature?
>
> On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 10:06 AM, Gerrit Heitsch <
> gerrit@laosinh.s.bawue.de> wrote:
>
>> On 12/28/2016 04:29 AM, Jim Brain wrote:
>>
>>> On 12/27/2016 10:36 AM, Gerrit Heitsch wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 12/27/2016 11:56 AM, MichaƂ Pleban wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Have the CPLD check for reset vector access, that is, for a fetch
>>>>> from $FFFC immediately followed by a fetch from $FFFD. This will catch
>>>>> the reset sequence as well as JMP ($FFFC) which is also a kind of
>>>>> reset,
>>>>> but it will not catch other accesses to the vector like LDA $FFFC.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Don't forget that CPU memory access is interleaved with VIC. So you
>>>> won't see an access to $FFFC immediatly followed by an access to
>>>> $FFFD, there will be at least one access to wherever inbetween. If
>>>> you're unlucky and catch a badline there will be more...
>>>>
>>>> In order to filter out the CPU accesses, you will have to also look at
>>>> AEC, RDY and PHI0.
>>>>
>>>>  Gerrit
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>> I don't think that is correct.
>>>
>>> As I look at the schematic, I don't see where the VIC memory accesses
>>> would select the ROM IC via the PAL, and so can't you just gate on !CE
>>> (or !CE/!OE on larger ROMs) to ensure that only CPU accesses are watched?
>>>
>>
>> You can do that, yes, since VIC will not access the KERNAL ROM. But you
>> still need to take the possibility of a badline in the middle of the vector
>> fetch into account.
>>
>>
>>  Gerrit
>>
>>
>>
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