Re: [stella] RIOT RAM test

Subject: Re: [stella] RIOT RAM test
From: "Eckhard Stolberg" <Eckhard_Stolberg@xxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 12:32:20 +0100
> I know it's a lot to ask, but any chance you can type in the complete
> contents for one or two runs of this machine that show what's different?
> Just for the record...  This is really cool.  It's one of those little
> things that I've been wanting to know for years.  But I think one 7800 is
> enough.  That one may actually be random -- but stable.  Weird.

On the 7800 you always go through the BIOS before the cart gets
access to the machine. And all 7800 BIOS versions I have seen
use the same code in RIOT RAM to switch the 7800 into 2600 mode.
So on a 7800 you can't get random values from RIOT RAM.


Ciao, Eckhard Stolberg


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