> On 11-May-99 Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> > Because that's how it works! Every memory access, read or write, adjusts
> > ECC data. If it's a write, the compare-with-previous (actually an XOR)
> > operation is skipped.
>
> doesn't it really depend on the memory controller design?
> --
Yes. However, the controller and RAM has to work together. It is unlikely
that someone would use a non-compliant design because you'd need
special RAM (shades of the DEC Rainbow).
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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