Re: Soft game settings vs. dipswitches?

From: Christopher X. Candreva <chris_at_westnet.com>
Date: Tue Apr 04 2000 - 09:42:15 EDT

On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, James Nelson wrote:

> far as battery backed up RAM, that's ok if we can change the battery, but I
> would prefer an eeprom, even if it had to be a big parallel eeprom that
> costs $5. It is surprising how fast 10 years passes for an arcade game.

I agree on this one. Replacing batteries is one of the big problems in
saving boards -- let's not have a multigame that will committ suicide in 10
years.

If the RAM can work with an external battery, and it's just a matter of
having two solder holes for wires where we can add a battery in 10 years,
then it's a great idea.

-Chris

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