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- From: gcall@systemname.uucp (Glen Call)
- Subject: Re: A few Questions on the 68000 and 68008...
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.162236.8907@phx.mcd.mot.com>
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- Organization: Motorola Computer Group Marketing
- References: <steveh.726716248@tasman>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 16:22:36 GMT
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- In article <steveh.726716248@tasman>, steveh@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au (Steve Howell) writes:
- |>
- [stuff deleted]
- |> 3) what is the base adress for RAM ($0000 is what a 6809 is at, but i hear its
- |> not this simple with 68k devices?.. is this right?)
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- You can put RAM just about anywhere. Since the 68k processors vector fetch from
- $000000 upon power-up or reset, you will want either ROM or some kind of
- pre-initialized memory (spells ROM to me :-) at 0 following power-up. Many
- systems just shadow the ROM to $000000 for the first 4 word reads. Why not put
- ROM at $000000? Reason: the 680000 and 68008 have the vector table fixed at
- $000000-$0003FF. Many people prefer to have their vector table RAM resident.
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- |> 4) Can i put ROM anywhere i like in the address map? (as long as its big enough)
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- Yes.
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- Good luck,
- Glen
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