[Coco] Re: 512K EEPROM...or 4MB!!?

[chadbh74]

   Funny..I live about 2 miles from a nuclear power plant :)

   -Chad

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   --------- Original Message ---------
   From: Salvador Garcia
   To: coco at maltedmedia.com
   Date: Tue Dec 08 23:48:18 CST 2015
   Subject: Re: [Coco] 512K EEPROM...or 4MB!!?
   4MB is overkill. But this is coming from a person that likes to boil
   his eggs using a nuclear reactor <eg>. Personally, I would go for it,
   taking into account cost of the 4MB vs the 512KB chip. Regards,
   Salvador
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   -----Original Message-----
   From: Chad H <chadbh74 at hotmail.com>
   To: 'CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts' <coco at maltedmedia.com>
   Sent: Tue, Dec 8, 2015 8:23 pm
   Subject: [Coco] 512K EEPROM...or 4MB!!?
   Today I was looking at EEPROM chips and stumbled upon a 4MB chip that
   meetsall the criteria for what I could consider to be a candidate for a
   EEPROMboard. My current boards support up to 512MB via PLCC32 or DIP32
   socket butthe 4MB would require some creative adapting with its TSOP40
   layout. Inorder to make practical, I could design a tiny adapter board
   to solder itto, giving it legs so to speak, that could be plugged into
   the EEPROM boardor a special adapter for programmers such as the TL866
   or GQ-4X. I'mwondering though if this is 'too much'. We can fit quiet a
   lot of.ROM/.CCC/.BIN stuff in the 512K chips already, but 8 times as
   much? Thenagain.is there such a thing as too much space? I've got a
   itch to persue this and see if I can make some sort of'Mega-Flash'
   version of the EEPROM boards around this chip. I could evenkeep the
   existing External Controller interface. Because it uses serialaddress
   control, no changes would have to be made there. I'm just not sureif I
   could even find enough games and utilities in .BIN/.ROM/.CCC format
   toeven fill such a chip. Thoughts anyone? - Chad
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