Re: Theorizing: what can be done with DOT clock signal present on C64 expansion port?

On 11/6/21 6:55 PM, Claudio Sánchez wrote:
>> If you can find a chip that needs 7.88mhz on pal and 8.18mhz on ntsc
>> then sure, but you're then just using the DOT clock as a cheap way of
>> getting a clock.
> 
> Well... at first it is. It's a cheap way of getting a clock.
> 
> phi2 pin is AFAIK a copy of what the 6510 gives out to the rest of the 
> system, so when the 6510 gets halted by the VIC-II... is phi2 affected?

No, the 6510 gets halted by the RDY pin, clock is not affected.

  Gerrit