Re: [cc65] offtopic: random numbers in c64

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From: Stephan Lesch (slesch_at_studcs.uni-sb.de)
Date: 2003-06-27 13:57:57 

On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, Marko [iso-8859-1] Mäkelä wrote:

> bank for the processor and the video chip.  I guess 4-bit, 2-kiloword
> RAM chips were not available, and it was cheaper to waste the upper bits.

That's another thing: why 2 kilowords? Could it be that a 2K x8 was
cheaper than a 1K x 4 chip by that time? Is the upper address bit
connected?

Stephan


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