Re: [stella] Maybe silly BS idea...

Subject: Re: [stella] Maybe silly BS idea...
From: Chris Wilkson <ecwilkso@xxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2002 09:16:31 -0500 (EST)
On Sat, 7 Dec 2002, Thomas Jentzsch wrote:

> Chris Wilkson wrote:
> > Ooh....that's a tough one.  But I'd say it would jump to bank 3, like this:
> > It would access xff6 and get the nop from bank 0.  Then it would access xff7
> > and get the jmp from bank 1.  Then it would access xff8 and get the x0 from
> > bank 2.  No wait...little endian storage means it would get the 00 from bank2.
> > then it would read from xff9 and get the x0 from bank 3.  Then it would access
> > xffa in bank 3 and stay there.
>
> > I think.
>
> Yes, that's what it should do from theory. But AFAIK it doesn't work
> that way. Maybe because of to rapid bankswitching?

Hmmmm.  Well, if you'll write a quick test program, I'll burn it to a 16k
cartridge and let you know the results.

-Chris

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