Memory cartridge
Abstract
Amemory cartridge is loaded in a main unit of a personal computer when used. The memory cartridge comprises a case, and a printed circuit board which is installed therein and on which a large-capacity, one-chip ROM is mounted. Storage area of the one-chip ROM is divided into a plurality of banks respectively having memory addresses of a number accessible by a central processing unit of the main unit, and one specific bank among them is allocated to an address space accessible all the time by the central processing unit. Bank selecting data for selecting other banks is stored in that specific bank. The bank selecting data is read out with progress of a program stored in the specific bank, being loaded in a counter. The content of the counter is inputted to the most significant three bits of address of the one-chip ROM. The most significant three bits of the address function as bank designating bits. An arbitrary bank of the one-chip ROM is changed over at an arbitrary timing by the bank selecting data outputted from the other banks of the one-chip ROM.

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| EP0057815A2 | Cites | European Patent Office (EPO) | Y | Search report |
| US4485457A | Cites | United States of America | X | Search report |
| WESCON CONFERENCE RECORD, vol. 24, 16th-18th September 1980, pages 1-4, Anaheim, CA, US; K.M. GUTTAG: "The TMS 9918, video display processor for personal computers" | Non-patent | – | – | Search report |
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Numbers
- Publication
- 0246025
- Publication, DOCDB
- 0246025
- Publication, EPODOC
- EP0246025
- Application
- 87304050
- Application, DOCDB
- 87304050
- Application, EPODOC
- EP19870304050
Titles3
- English
- MEMORY CARTRIDGE
- German
- Speicherkassette
- French
- Cassette de mémoire
Classification
- CPC, 5
- G06F12/0623
- G11C5/00
- G11C5/066
- G11C8/12
- G11C11/005
- IPC, 7
- G06F12 06
- G06T13 00
- G06T13 80
- G11C5 00
- G11C5 06
- G11C8 12
- G11C11 00
Designated states1
- Contracting states, 1
- Sweden