[Coco] Implications of the Speed Up Poke

[L. Curtis Boyle]

If I remember correctly, programs on the Coco 1/2 that used this technique would kick down to regular speed for very brief bits while playing, in order to let the DRAM refresh get through properly, before memory got corrupted. You could thusly keep playing as long as you wanted.

L. Curtis Boyle
curtisboyle at sasktel.net



> On Feb 1, 2020, at 11:33 AM, Allen Huffman <alsplace at pobox.com> wrote:
> 
> Programs like Musica 2 on a CoCo 1/2 had the option to play music in the fast mode, losing video while the audio played at better quality. I never knew there was any RAM concern as you could play long songs with no issues.
> 
> What is the source of the RAM refresh concern?
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