On Mon, 19 May 1997, Frank Palazzolo wrote:
> Also - some RAM cart info - I bought a Dallas Semiconductor DS1225Y
> chip from Active Electronics today. This is essentially a lithum battery-backed
> 8K static RAM. It should be perfect for the job - but it was a bit expensive at $16.
> I'll probably only use 4K of it anyway - as I'm not going to bother with bank-switching.
When I first heard about this RAMcart idea I kept my mouth shut, but for
4K, sheesh, what's the point? With a Supercharger you get 6K to work with
and multiload capability. No hacking or interface programming necessary.
Why reinvent the wheel when the SC does it as well as you could expect?
And even though it's a sound interface, the load times aren't that bad
because the filesizes are so small.
I wouldn't bother creating a RAMcart unless it sports at least 16K, more
like 64K SRAM.
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