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		rasz on Nov 14, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 80286 ATX mainboard based on the IBM 5170 AT PC I wouldnt call it a tradeoff. Author didnt want to design memory controller, and SRAM gets him effortless 0 wait state access. Personally Im also a fan of keeping ram oldschool. I even reverse engineered a ram card for a 386 board just last week https://github.com/raszpl/386RC-16

moosedev on Nov 14, 2024 [–]

The tradeoff would be speed and implementation simplicity against the high cost of SRAM, like you highlighted :)

(Re your 386 RAM board: Nice necroproject!)

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