Re: [linuxdc-dev]More ram

[Dylan E. <cra...@bi...>]

At 10:52 PM 4/02/2002, you wrote:
>* Dylan Egan <cra...@bi...> on Mon, Feb 04, 2002:
>
> > Hi i was inquiring whether you were able to add more ram to the dc
> > externally much like the ide/nic made by bITmASTER?
> >
>
>It's certainly possible, but are you inquiring on the part of feasibility
>or of someone else to implement it?  In the latter case you're pretty much
>on your own as no one has dedicated themselves to making funky DC add-on
>devices.  IOW, you need to be a hardware guru to do such things, there's no
>one around to just do it for you.  On the feasibility side, you have to ask
>yourself:
>   1) how fast could such an interface possibly be, seeing that the G2 Bus
>   (where the expansion port lives) is only clocked at 16-bit@25Mhz while the
>   native SDRAM interface is 64-bit@100Mhz?
>   2) how would applications or operating systems detect and utilize such
>   RAM?
>   3) is it more trouble than it's worth?
>
>If you feel comfortable answering those questions, then by all means go
>ahead and impress the world.
>
>M. R.
Hmmm i guess you're right but with the amount of ram on the dc atm what are 
a list of things todo on the dc?