Re: TI-H: REAL Internal Memory Expansion


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Re: TI-H: REAL Internal Memory Expansion




software mmu? explain.  what is an mmu.


At 04:03 PM 10/7/98 -0800, you wrote:
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>>This sounds pretty awesome, but one thing:
>>The DRAMs will need to be dynamically refreshed, which will put one hell of
>>a drain on the battery.
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>For 8MB it is 120mA.  Also, you only refresh the areas in ram which contain
>data.  That could mean the first 100k only gets refreshed...  Not too bad.
>20mA.
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>>Also, they wil need to be refreshed even when the calc is off.
>>Plus, this would still neeed to be implemented through the link port, cause
>>the 32k ram internally is the limit of its capabilities for direct ram
access.
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>Nope.  Use a software MMU.  Do you think I'm doumb?  :P
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>>it would be like a e2 that requires constant large amounts of power, is a
>>whole lot bigger, and can be writen to as many times as you want.
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>I know exactly what it is.  If I didn't, I would ask.  Gee...  DRAM is sooo
>simple.
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>>At 02:37 PM 10/7/98 -0800, you wrote:
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>>>I've been looking at specs, and its possible to replace the internal SRAM
>>>with DRAM.  Then we could have 16MB accessable to our calcs at any time.
>>>
>>>Not too hard either.
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