Re: XRAM notes

From: silverdr_at_wfmh.org.pl
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 12:26:13 +0100
Message-ID: <etPan.531ef2d5.79e2a9e3.1092@szaman.lan>
> > http://www.smspower.org/uploads/Development/SegaMasterSystemIIServiceManual-1715922A-1.png%c2 
> >
> > the _RFSH is tied up to VCC..
>  
> I assume that if your access rate for the RAM is high enough (like when
> using it for a framebuffer), you can forgo the internal refresh counter,
> the refresh will happen as a byproduct of the normal read cycles (*).
>
>  
> (*) In a DRAM, any read cycle of any cell will cause a refresh cycle for
> the whole row that cell is located in.

Well, I understand that would explain why they could tie the _RFSH up to VCC for normal operations but it still does not explain why the note and the diagram both insist on some highly specific sequences on both _CE and _RFSH under penalty of the chip not working properly.. ?

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