Re: Re: [dcrpg-devel] Memory Question

[Miles R. <reu...@ya...>]

Yeah... I really don't like (actually more like hate) the way this list
replies... =(

-Miles Raymond      EML: m_r...@bi...
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin McMillen" <fa...@us...>
To: <dcr...@li...>
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 10:16 AM
Subject: Fwd: Re: [dcrpg-devel] Memory Question

> 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
>
> ----------  Forwarded Message  ----------
>
> 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.
>
> -Miles Raymond      EML: m_r...@bi...
> AIM: Killer2Ray     ICQ: 13217756       IRC: Killer2
> WWW: http://www.bigfoot.com/~m_rayman