Re: LZ: A few questions, a few comments, blahblah.
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> Question: Are any of the various memory expansion (oh, terribly
> sorry EXTENTION.. or whatever) going to be file-storage, or accessable
> memory? AKA can I run a program directly off of it, or will it be copy to
> main memory, then run ?
Although some have talked about it being live memory, that is
probably not realistically possible. (There is no interrupt that is
triggered at every instruction, although you could fake it by
connecting the memory read pin (not sure what it is on Z80) with the
interrupt pin inside the calc... too complicated. Of course, small
sections could be loaded whenever needed, if the program was
specifically written for it.) It will be file-storage, which can be
accessed by running programs, possibly overlaying new hunks of code
when necessary to give the illusion of running directly from the
expander (or extender or whatever).
That was short and to the point explanation, wasn't it? :)
Ben
shakal@ns.net
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