Re: TI-H: General questions with a possibly big im
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Re: TI-H: General questions with a possibly big im
Because the Z80 is a great processor, even if it's 20 years old.
>Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 07:41:46 -0800 (AKDT)
>To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
>From: Grant Stockly <gussie@alaska.net>
>Subject: Re: TI-H: General questions with a possibly big im
>Reply-To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
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>Why don't you just reprogram an existing emulator and run it on an
Imbedded
>chip such as the 386 AMD, or if you want power, a $28 25MHz PPC 403.
>
>>I though about the multiple processors too. depending on price and
any
>>interfacing problems i may have during development, i may do this.
>>Perhaps three processors: 1 master and 2 slaves, with the master able
>>to assign tasks to the slaves. This means, however, that i would need
>>the expander to be multiple access. this could be possible i guess,
and
>>i wouldnt need to worry about the processors interfereing with each
>>others RAM, but i think it should be able to have each processor
access
>>the screen RAM and also have a cross buffer that can be used to cross
>>processor memory transfers. The interfaceing for these RAM parts tho
>>could be difficult. I dont know ill havce to try it out. Does nayone
>>knoe how much individual Z80's cost from anywhere/
>>?
>>jonathan KAus
>>kaus@cybrzn.com
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