The DoC problem

[Steve M. Gehlbach]

> Well, you can still have one, right?  A DoM would only be either master or
> slave on the IDE controller..

A CF with a CF->IDE converter (simple passive pcb) is a good way to go.
Cost is less than 1/2 of DOC.  I use them a lot.  No special code required
either.

> > Are we really stuck with 256K forever? is there some plugin
> that gives us
> > FLASH AND a DoC?
>
> Unless chipsets add more address lines to the ROM bus over night, I think
> the solution will be a combination.  The standard flash and another thing.
>

The LPC bus maybe the trend, and is the best for large flash, IMHO.  The
TSOPs are really hard to handle, and forget about putting then in a socket.
And with LPC all sizes have the same # of pins.  A little slower than
conventional xbus, though.  I haven't seen any on off the shelf mobos, but
MS Xbox has the interface (unused).  Seems that most LPC parts are assuming
upper 4M (FFCx xxxx) as the ROM area.

-Steve