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'''SlowROM''' is 2.68 Mhz.  It is not as fast as [[FastROM]].  SlowROM is a property of the ROM chip itself and not the board it is soldered onto.<sup>[2]</sup>  [[DMA]] always happens at SlowROM speed.  When the [[5A22]] is operating at slowROM, there are 8 CPU cycles per [[master clock]] cycle.
'''SlowROM''' is 2.68 Mhz.  It is not as fast as [[FastROM]].  SlowROM is a property of the ROM chip itself and not the board it is soldered onto.<sup>[2]</sup>  [[DMA]] always happens at SlowROM speed.  When the [[5A22]] is operating at slowROM speed, there are 8 [[master clock]] cycles per CPU [[machine cycle]].


=== See Also ===
=== See Also ===

Revision as of 02:48, 17 August 2024

SlowROM is 2.68 Mhz. It is not as fast as FastROM. SlowROM is a property of the ROM chip itself and not the board it is soldered onto.[2] DMA always happens at SlowROM speed. When the 5A22 is operating at slowROM speed, there are 8 master clock cycles per CPU machine cycle.

See Also

References

  1. Near, https://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?t=9585
  2. Bregalad, lbid.