Re: A86: Re: LCD stuff
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Re: A86: Re: LCD stuff
Wow, I was not aware that there was a difference in RAM types, but it makes
sense now. Like why you have to enable a RAM bank before you can write to
it, etc. So does the lithium battery actually keep the CPU active, or not?
> if there was only a simple circuit to maintain the memory, it's more
> likely that they would use static ram than dynamic ram. dynamic ram is
> not a simple thing to keep going. you have to have a timer and a counter
> to periodically scan every row of memory. static ram is very simple, you
> have to keep power to it.
> static ram also takes much more power and is much more expensive (but
> faster), so i rather think they would use dynamic ram, hence keep power
> to more than just the simplest of circuitry. (blah, blah, blah...)
If anyone would know, I'd figure you would :) What is with OUTing $57 to
port 4?
> does anyone actually understand what it does from $0000?
> aside from some port stuff, it scans sp from $fe9f-$ffff with long
> delays, and prints something from (hl), which is never loaded. then it
> returns to whatever address is at $fbce. why does it do all this??
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