Re: TI-H: REAL Internal Memory Expansion


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Re: TI-H: REAL Internal Memory Expansion




MUX the address port...

>Got that part.  how would you implement this on the calc?  just looking at
>how i would use it as a programmer.
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>At 04:19 PM 10/7/98 -0800, you wrote:
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>>Manages your memory.
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>>>software mmu? explain.  what is an mmu.
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>>>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.
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>>>>>>Not too hard either.
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