When EXTRAM = 0, the expanded RAM is indirectly addressed using the MOVX instruction in combination with any of the registers R0, R1 of the selected bank or DPTR. Accessing the expanded RAM does not affect ports P0, P3.6 (WR), P3.7(RD), or P2.
Expanded RAM Access (Indirect Addressing only):
MOVX @DPTR, A ; DPTR contains 0A0H
DPTR points to 0A0H and data in “A” is written to address
0A0H of the expanded RAM rather than external memory.
Access to external memory higher than 2FFH using the
MOVX instruction will access external memory (0300H to
FFFFH) and will perform in the same way as the standard
8051, with P0 and P2 as data/address bus, and P3.6 and
P3.7 as write and read timing signals.