Re: Switchless ROMs

From: smf <smf_at_null.net>
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 00:18:53 +0000
Message-ID: <468648bf-34e2-4ec0-08a9-2b9b3ebc1ead@null.net>
On 22/12/2016 10:16, Michał Pleban wrote:
> Using these signals, you can create a simple latch which resides
> somewhere in the SID address space and is used to select the appropriate
> KERNAL. Upon reset, the latch would be reset to 0 to select the "KERNAL
> selection KERNAL", which would write the desired KERNAL number to the
> latch as well as a special bit to disable the latch until next RESET.

Another method you can use is magic read sequences. i.e. come up with a 
sequence of rom reads that wouldn't happen in normal circumstances, long 
enough to make accidental activation so unlikely that it's practically 
impossible for there to be a collision. Then have the next read after 
this sequence use the address bits as data lines for writing the new bank.

I've also seen this used in a battery backed real time clock that can be 
placed in a ROM socket, writing to the date/time registers was done 
using reads.


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