Re: Something else... 8501 GATE-IN

From: Gerrit Heitsch <gerrit_at_laosinh.s.bawue.de>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 20:45:37 +0100
Message-ID: <27c3ad61-633a-c2e3-cee6-509daa0f36b1@laosinh.s.bawue.de>
On 03/14/2018 08:22 PM, Mia Magnusson wrote:
> Den Wed, 14 Mar 2018 20:08:56 +0100 skrev Gerrit Heitsch
> <gerrit@laosinh.s.bawue.de>:
>> On 03/14/2018 07:47 PM, Hegedűs István wrote:
>>> When display=off TED only uses the bus for the DRAM refresh. That
>>> is why it switches back to single clock.
>>> Although it seems to be a waste of time when using SRAMs I believe
>>> we should not worry because of this. What could we win with those
>>> extra 5 CPU cycles per scanline? Comparing to today's fast CPUs its
>>> nothing.
> 
> Well, comparing with todays hardware there is no "need" to use old CBM
> stuff at all. It's just a nice hobby. (Well, in theory for some people
> it might be usable for learning 6502 assembler which still is a skill
> that's requested by employers).

Not surprising:

https://hackaday.com/2018/03/14/teardown-the-oregon-trail-handheld/

Seems to contain a NES-on-a-chip which means a 6502.

  Gerrit
Received on 2018-03-14 22:34:54

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