>If we add a 3041 as Steve has been suggesting, why not have it
>generate all the timing signals for the video itself? This CPU
I have only one thing to say about this idea: yuk! <grin> I would also have
to say that personally, I wouldn't want to write the various interrupt
handlers. Can you imagine what would happen when the thing crashed?
>For that matter, why not have it deal with the keyboard directly
>also? The hard thing about the IBM style keybaords is that they
I think it might be better to use (if absolutely necessary) a PIC to handle
the keyboard. It would be better to use an 8041, as in the AT, but I have
no idea about prices.
>If the software is going to be so real time as we suggest, then
>maybe it could also do the necessary cycles to refresh DRAM.
This is getting worse and worse <grin>. Again, what happens when the 3041
crashes? I shudder to think... Interrupt latency takes on a whole new
meaning...
Pat -- "There's only one thing left to do Mama, I got to ding a ding dang
my dang a long ling long" (Jesus Built My Hotrod -- Ministry)
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