Re: writing to cart port (not IO space) on 64

From: groepaz_at_gmx.net
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 09:27:05 +0100
Message-ID: <4526064.2dVsdKIJUs@rakete>
On Sunday 26 February 2017, 22:05:46 Michał Pleban <lists@michau.name> wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> Jim Brain wrote:
> > OK, understood.  So, why does AR and EF have RAM in the IO space?  Is it
> > because RAM is so limited when in Ultimax mode?
> 
> I would rather assume that freezer cartridges such as AR have additional
> RAM so that they do not overwrite the computer memory with their own
> data when freezing.

exactly. and its good to have space for "trampoline" functions in i/o space.

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