On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, Maarten ter Huurne wrote:
> One solution is to use dual ported RAM (RAM ICs that can handle two
> accesses at the same time). I heard this type of RAM is expensive, but I'm
> not sure if that's also true for small amounts (128K).
Padial uses a *1Kb* biport memory chip for his Z380 board, so Z80 and Z380
can communicate. This memory is VERY expensive, so I think this is not a
good solution to the problem.
> In my view, there is only one big disadvantage of direct VRAM access:
> existing MSXes don't have it.
I agree. :)
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magically effective. Human beings are almost always the weakest link in
computer security."
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