On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 08:54:48PM -0400, Mario Mendes Jr. wrote:
> OK, maybe not necessarily limited to pics, but....
> 
> So, I remember when I started reading about cpus/mcus a long time agon
> about why banking and paging came about.

Because it allows access to a larger memory space when instruction bits
are limited.

> Being a beginer, I do find banking and paging to be a nusiance,
> nevermind making code a little more complex to deal with.

It's a nuisance. A flat address space is always easier from a programmer's 
standpoint. 

> But rather than trash the idea, what I wanted to know from the more
> experienced guys in the list is: are there any actual benefits to
> banking and paging?

Not from a programmer standpoint.

>  Is there ever a situation where banking and paging
> actuall makes things easier/better?

Only one: it makes the resulting chips cheaper.

BAJ
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