Date   : Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:52:00 +0000
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: TUBE chip, accessing 'Parasite' side

Johan Heuseveldt wrote:
> Some of the technical info surprises me. The sector size is 256
> bytes, but only 252 bytes for data. The other 4 bytes are for
> system use! Random access to files isn't so flexible; one byte
 
That's correct. Sectors are 256 bytes. Sectors are accessed as a
linked list. 252 bytes are the file data, and four bytes are the
sector number to fetch for the next 252 bytes. It makes random
access a bit fiddly, as a sector chain has to be followed all the
way through to the point you need. PTR#chn=value doesn't just
translate into sector=start+value DIV 256.
 
> The current design is not FLEX compatible anyway, as there is no
> appropiate MMU present; intentionaly though. Not sure I like
 
You don't need an MMU to be FLEX compatible, it can be a single
64K single-bank FLEX system.
 
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