Fwd: Re: [dcrpg-devel] Memory Question

[Colin M. <fa...@us...>]

This got accidentally sent to me instead of to the mailing list, I believe. 
Looks like we have more space that I'd thought. 

- Colin

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Subject: Re: [dcrpg-devel] Memory Question
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 07:56:12 -0600
From: "Miles Raymond" <reu...@ya...>
To: "Colin McMillen" <fa...@us...>

Actually... according to http://www.boob.co.uk/docs/Dreamcast_memory.txt the
DC has a total of 16MB main mem + 2MB sound RAM + 8MB video = 26MB RAM
usable.

Any sound data can be loaded directly off of the CD into sound RAM.  The
whole sprite part of an uncompressed 512x512 map could be loaded directly
off of the CD into video RAM.  That leaves the entire 16MB of RAM for the
program and tilemap data.

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