Re: C128 256K MMU expansion

From: Marko Mäkelä <msmakela_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2022 19:02:07 +0300
Message-ID: <YtWD/2lKjUc4bV1s_at_jyty>
Hi Maciej,

>There are now two more C128s expanded to 256K of RAM using MMU
>expansion: http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/documents/projects/memory/c128/1028/index.html

Great! Are spare 8722 MMU chips still reasonably easily available? I am 
not too familiar with FPGAs, but I would expect that it should be 
possible to create a FPGA based 8722 that would directly generate the 4 
CAS signals. Maybe it could even be done in the DIP48 footprint, by 
using a suitable SMD case, say, TSOP56. Such a daughter board would also 
serve as a spare part.

A step further might be to accommodate all RAM and ROM (except the color 
RAM and the VDC RAM) in a daughter board, as SRAM and Flash ROM. It 
could require replacing the PLA as well. I do not know how feasible it 
would be, and if it would be doable in a way that would be compatible 
with both the original 128/128D and the 128DCR.

By the way, the file gal-jed/C128_MMU256K.pdf is not in Portable 
Document Format.

Best regards,

	Marko
Received on 2022-07-18 19:00:07

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