[Coco] Dual Processors?

[Leonard Miller]

Does this mean that dual processors (6809/6309) would be a possibility?  I'm
sure this has been considered before?  Can os9 be modified to handle dual
processors?

Leonard


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Mike 

With SDRAM you will need a SDRAM controller. 

There is a SDRAM dual port and single port controller that can be integrated

into a CPU core. I t is configured so that it can be accessed like Static
ram and 
will handle 8 MB SDRAMS. 

All the modern x86 processors now have the SDRAM controller as part of the 
CPU core. DOing that for a 6809 core would open up greater possibilities. 

james


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> Understood, but I was thinking of one CPU to handle the OS, and then 
> driver-level stuff to offload to the others. One CPU could handle all 
> the graphics, one could be configured as a DMA or handle I/O. I've done 
> some preliminary feasability studies on the idea, and with some sub-50ns 
> SRAM or SDRAM it just might work...
> 
> -Mike



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