[NTLK] Einstein Xcode project cleanup
Steven Frank
stevenf at panic.com
Fri Dec 5 00:34:03 EST 2014
> On Dec 4, 2014, at 2:41 PM, Matthias Melcher <mm at matthiasm.com> wrote:
>
> Einstein does not emulate the Flash RAM, but instead adds a Flash driver to the OS via a custom REx. In plain speak, Einstein uses the Flash access API to convert Flash RAM access into accessing a memory mapped Unix style disk file.
Wait, now I'm more confused. :) So it's basically simulating a Newton with no internal storage, but 8MB of flash? Why is it in 2 banks of 4MB? Is that a requirement of NewtonOS or the custom flash driver?
Sorry, many questions.
Steven
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