I was actually thinking, if memory is the bottleneck; I could always go with the Saturn instead (Or find a way to have the 32X catridge writes go through…; but I’m no EE unfortunately).
replyI do recall having a RAM expansion cartridge in mine that could possibly be used to fit more stuff if the main 2MBs it had were too little to hold Linux.
You got me thinking…
Yeah, the Saturn is probably the more practical target. The SH-2s are clocked a little faster, the memory bus is 32-bit wide and there's an off-the-shelf 4MB RAM expansion cartridge. There's also a readily available, first-party PS/2 keyboard adapter (this adapter can also be used on the MD, but you need a custom passive adapter since they switched connectors).
reply> Good thing is, this is actual Linux (And not uCLinux) so there's still stuff that can be disabled further if for some reason it can't fit still on the available memory.
Doesn't actual Linux require an MMU?