Re: Theorizing: what can be done with DOT clock signal present on C64 expansion port?

It is not.  Source: Logic analyzer traces I've captured. :)

On Sat, Nov 6, 2021 at 11:04 PM Claudio Sánchez <tokafondo_at_gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On 11/6/21 6:55 PM, Claudio Sánchez wrote:
> >>> If you can find a chip that needs 7.88mhz on pal and 8.18mhz on ntsc
> >>> then sure, but you're then just using the DOT clock as a cheap way of
> >>> getting a clock.
> >>
> >> Well... at first it is. It's a cheap way of getting a clock.
> >>
> >> phi2 pin is AFAIK a copy of what the 6510 gives out to the rest of the system, so when the 6510 gets halted by the VIC-II... is phi2 affected?
> >
> > No, the 6510 gets halted by the RDY pin, clock is not affected.
> >
> >   Gerrit
> >
> >
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> Yes, so the fact that the VIC-II asks the 6510 to stop doesn't mean that when the latter is halted, its phi2 output also gets halted, or is it?
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