Re: LZ: Re: RAM EXPANDER IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT --

Subject: Re: LZ: Re: RAM EXPANDER IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT --
From: Mel Tsai <tsaimelv@pilot.msu.edu>
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 00:39:21 GMT
In-Reply-To: <Pine.A32.3.93.961018175155.95834A-100000@gpu3.srv.ualberta.ca>

On Fri, 18 Oct 1996 18:06:27 -0600 (MDT), you wrote:


>There's an on-chip
>buffer which you fill, and then write it into mem.  So you send bytes
>serially untill the buffer is full, and then you issue the block write
>command which copies 1 block (4096 bytes, I think... don't have the =
sheet
>on me) into mem. Block read copies a specific memory block into the
>buffer, and then it's up to you to read it out.  Block probably means a
>page, and i'd guess the block transfer rates are how long to read or =
write
>1 block/ 4096 bytes to or from memory
>


No, there's no block write or read command.  There is only a *page*
read and write command, which operates on 32 byte segments.  The only
"block" command is the block erase command, which erases the entire
4096 byte block.


-Mel


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