From: David Wood (jbevren_at_starbase.globalpc.net)
Date: 2003-12-01 18:48:04
SuperRAM is a term used to differentiate the ram natively and directly
accessible by the SCPU's 65816 from other RAM types. I.E. RL ram, REU
memory, onboard ram, etc.
:)
-jbev
On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, Nathan Smith wrote:
>
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> To: <cbm-hackers@cling.gu.se>
> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 8:39 PM
> Subject: RE: Assemblers for the 65816 processor
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>
> > Thanks Nathan,
> > SuperRAM (?) or just 4 to 16MB of contigenous RAM available to 65816
> > processor. I have never understood if there was anything "Super"
> about the
> > SuperRAM. I understand that the first 128kB is in SRAM, and the
> > corresponding DRAM locations are remapped higher up. Other than the
> > efficient refresh schemes and the ability to get faster access by
> page-modes
> > etc is there any special requirements which would prevent linear
> memory
> > doing the same thing?
>
> As far as I can tell, it's just a name thing, SuperCPU so it uses
> SuperRAM. It's only RAM.
>
>
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