Subject: Re: What bus is on the hand controllers? G2?
To: Rob Healey <rhealey@norstar.com>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>
List: port-dreamcast
Date: 02/03/2001 11:38:10
On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 12:49:52PM -0600, Rob Healey wrote:
> A VMU storage unit, a buzz/vibrate device, a microphone, NASTY looking
> guns (we could use them to shoot down DDOS attacks?! B^) ) and memory
> storage without the screen and buttons. Are these accessed through
> the G2 bus or something else?
The VMU/memory units are NV storage for game files. The vibrate device,
as well as the VMU, are accessed as a sub-unit of the controller, which
is on the Maple bus.
> Anybody know of a hack to increase main memory from 16M? While my
> NetBSD/Amiga works fine in 16M I assume it will be quite squeeky for
> a RISC CPU. Hmmm, I hear the original genesis used Amiga derived
> ASIC's, any of that line make it in to the Dreamcast? I saw one
> development kit that was AmigaOS based.
The SuperH is designed as an embedded CPU -- the code density isn't too
bad. But shared libraries would help a lot.
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-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>