Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!husc6!rutgers!ames!cit-vax!curtis From: curtis@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (shan Curtis) Newsgroups: rec.aviation,sci.electronics,rec.audio Subject: DRAMS Message-ID: <2804@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> Date: Sat, 23-May-87 20:41:47 EDT Article-I.D.: cit-vax.2804 Posted: Sat May 23 20:41:47 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 24-May-87 03:13:44 EDT Reply-To: curtis@cit-vax.UUCP (Curtis Ling) Organization: California Institute of Technology Lines: 10 Xref: mnetor rec.aviation:1670 sci.electronics:734 rec.audio:1714 References: If I'm using DRAMS (Fujitsu MB81257-12) only in Read, Write and CAS-before RAS refresh, it would appear from looking at the timing diagrams, that the Q line (data out)is always hi-Z until read cycles. Is it ok to connect the Q and D lines together and directly to the bus, thereby avoiding having to use buffers? Thanks for the help in advance. Curtis ccl@juliet.caltech.edu curtis@cit-vax.caltech.edu