[Coco] Re: [Color Computer] Sam/Ram question.

jdaggett at gate.net jdaggett at gate.net
Wed Dec 28 15:04:20 EST 2005


Phil

I do believe that etting the M0 and M1 bits will also disable the mux for
refresh counting. Therefore the refresh count is never outputed to the Z
Buss.

Also which SRAM are you using? What density?

james


On 28 Dec 2005 at 16:27, Phill Harvey-Smith wrote:

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> Mike Pepe wrote:

> > Gene Heskett wrote:

> >> On Wednesday 28 December 2005 06:47, Phill Harvey-Smith wrote:

> > ...what Gene said is true, though some CoCo models don't have resistors

> > there, they instead have small ferrite beads. I don't suspect that would

> > cause the problem you're seeing (though it might)

> >

> > Have you modified the CoCo ROM to put the SAM into SRAM mode? Maybe all

> > the superfluous refreshing is causing some glitching or timing problems.

>

> No, trying to make a module that will work as a straight replacement,

> though my PLD, does suppress reads when both /HS and E are low, which is

> when acording to the SAM datasheet the refresh takes place.

>

> Could be of course that my timing is still slightly out....

>

> Phill.

>

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