Re: Theorizing: chip select lines... (continued after mistake)

From: Gerrit Heitsch <gerrit_at_laosinh.s.bawue.de>
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2022 06:40:23 +0200
Message-ID: <f5a20303-adf8-353b-b4c2-99a40de7abbb_at_laosinh.s.bawue.de>
On 6/22/22 23:15, Jesus Cea wrote:
> On 22/6/22 21:24, tokafondo_at_tokafondo.name wrote:
>> YIKES!!! I pressed 'sent' by mistake and didn't had completed the post!!!
> 
> Remember than RAM is accessed twice per cycle: CPU and VIC-II.
> 
> If I would design a fast 6502-like accelerator I would interpose a fast 
> cache (write thru with a small (maybe 1-2-4 bytes) write buffer) or, 
> using something like a 65816, fast and exclusive RAM in other banks.
> 
> Dynamically adjusted 6502 frequency will not get you anything useful, 
> because 6502 do a memory cycle per CPU clock, always, even when not 
> useful at all. Too complicated, too little gain.

Didn't they do that in the C128 when running at 2 MHz?

  Gerrit
Received on 2022-06-23 07:00:03

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