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HARDWARE SPECIFICATION TO SWC & SMC PROGRAMMER ONLY
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1. HARDWARE SPECIFICATION TO SWC & SMC PROGRAMMER ONLY.
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1) DRAM - 28 MEGA BITS MAXIMUM AVAILABLE.
2) SRAM - 256k BITS. (BATTERY BACKUP)
3) ROM - 128K BITS. (FIRMWARE)
4) FLOPPY DRIVE INTERFACE -
* MOTOROLA MCS3201 CHIP. (NEC 765A COMPATIBLE)
* COMPATIBLE WITH IBM PC/AT AND XT DISK DRIVE SYSTEM.
* SUPPORTS 3.5 OR 5.25 INCH FLOPPY DISK DRIVE.
* DB-25 FEMALE CONNECTOR. (NON-STANDARD)
* SUPPORTS ONLY NON-DMA MODE. (POLLING)
5) PARALLEL PORT INTERFACE -
* 8 BITS INPUT, 4 BITS OUTPUT, 1 BIT HANDSHAKE.
* DB-25 FEMALE CONNECTOR.
* USE MALE DB-25 TO MALE DB-25 CABLE CONNECT TO IBM PC PARALLEL PORT.
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2. SOFTWARE SPECIFICATION & FEATURE
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1) REGISTERS -
[FLOPPY DRIVE I/O]
C000R : INPUT REGISTER.
BIT 7 : MCS3201 IRQ SIGNAL.
BIT 6 : DRIVE 'INDEX' SIGNAL. (DISK INSERT CHECK)
C002W : DIGITAL OUTPUT REGISTER.
C004R : MAIN STATUS REGISTER.
C005RW: DATA REGISTER.
C007R : DIGITAL INPUT REGISTER.
C007W : DISKETTE CONTROL REGISTER.
* CONSULT THE MCS3201 DATA SHEET FOR MORE DETAIL INFORMATION.
[PARALLEL I/O]
C008R : BIT 0-7 : PARALLEL DATA INPUT. (READ THIS REGISTER WILL
REVERSE THE BUSY FLAG)
C008W : BIT 0-3 : PARALLEL DATA OUTPUT.
BIT 0 : 0=MODE 20, 1=MODE 21. (DRAM MAPPING)
BIT 1 : 0=MODE 1, 1=MODE 2. (SRAM MAPPING)
C009R : BUSY FLAG, BIT 7. (EP1810 VERSION)
C000R : BUSY FLAG, BIT 5. (FC9203 VERSION)
[PAGE SELECT]
E000W : MEMORY PAGE 0.
E001W : MEMORY PAGE 1.
E002W : MEMORY PAGE 2.
E003W : MEMORY PAGE 3.
[MODE SELECT]
E004W : SYSTEM MODE 0. (BIOS MODE, POWER ON DEFAULT)
E005W : SYSTEM MODE 1. (PLAY CARTRIDGE)
E006W : SYSTEM MODE 2. (CARTRIDGE EMULATION 1)
E007W : SYSTEM MODE 3. (CARTRIDGE EMULATION 2)
[OTHERS]
E008W : 44256 DRAM TYPE. (FOR 2,4,6,8 MEGA DRAM CARD)
E009W : 441000 DRAM TYPE. (FOR 8,16,24,32 MEGA DRAM CARD)
E00CW : ENABLE CARTRIDGE PAGE MAPPING AT A000-BFFF. (SYS MODE 0)
DISABLE CARTRIDGE MAPPING AT BANK 20-5F, A0-DF. (SYS MODE 2,3)
E00DW : ENABLE SRAM PAGE MAPPING AT A000-BFFF. (SYS MODE 0)
ENABLE CARTRIDGE MAPPING AT BANK 20-5F, A0-DF. (SYS MODE 2,3)
* THE BANK ADDRESS OF THE ABOVE REGISTERS IS 00-7D, 80-FF.
* THE ABOVE REGISTERS ARE AVAILABLE ONLY IN SYSTEM MODE 0. (BIOS MODE)
* [MODE SELECT] REGISTERS ALSO AVAILABLE IN SYSTEM MODE 2.
2) MEMORY MAPPING -
[SYSTEM MODE 0]
bb2000-bb3FFFRW: SRAM OR CARTRIDGE PAGE MAPPING, bb-40-7D,C0-FF
bb8000-bb9FFFRW: DRAM PAGE MAPPING, bb-00-7D,80-FF
bbA000-bbBFFFRW: SRAM OR CARTRIDGE PAGE MAPPING, bb=00-7D, 80-FF.
bbC000- RW: I/O REGISTERS, bb=00-7D, 80-FF. (REGISTERS)
bbE000-bbFFFFR : ROM PAGE MAPPING, BB=0-1. (FIRMWARE)
* 1 PAGE = 8K BYTES, 1 BANK = 4 PAGES.
* bb:00-0F = 4 MEGA BYTES.
* bb:00-1F = 8 MEGA BYTES.
* bb:00-2F = 12 MEGA BYTES.
* bb:00-3F = 16 MEGA BYTES.
...
[SYSTEM MODE 1]
bb0000-bb7FFFR : CARTRIDGE MAPPING, bb=40-7D, C0-FF. (MODE 21)
bb8000-bbFFFFR : CARTRIDGE MAPPING, bb=00-7D, 80-FF. (MODE 20,21)
[SYSTEM MODE 2]
bb0000-bb7FFFR : DRAM MAPPING, bb=40-70, C0-E0. (MODE 21)
bb8000-bbFFFFR : DRAM MAPPING, bb=00-70, 80-E0. (MODE 20,21)
708000-70FFFFRW: SRAM MODE 1 MAPPING.
306000-307FFFRW: SRAM MODE 2 MAPPING, PAGE 0.
316000-317FFFRW: SRAM MODE 2 MAPPING, PAGE 1.
326000-327FFFRW: SRAM MODE 2 MAPPING, PAGE 2.
336000-337FFFRW: SRAM MODE 2 MAPPING, PAGE 3.
*bbE004-bbE007W : MODE SELECT REGISTERS, bb=00-7D, 80-FF.
[SYSTEM MODE 3]
bb0000-bb7FFFR : DRAM MAPPING, bb=40-6F, C0-DF. (MODE 21)
bb8000-bbFFFFR : DRAM MAPPING, bb=00-6F, 80-DF. (MODE 20,21)
708000-70FFFFRW: SRAM MODE 1 MAPPING.
306000-307FFFRW: SRAM MODE 2 MAPPING, PAGE 0.
316000-317FFFRW: SRAM MODE 2 MAPPING, PAGE 1.
326000-327FFFRW: SRAM MODE 2 MAPPING, PAGE 2.
336000-337FFFRW: SRAM MODE 2 MAPPING, PAGE 3.
* MODE 21
EVEN DRAM BANK IS MAPPED TO bb0000-bb7FFF.
ODD DRAM BANK IS MAPPED TO bb8000-bbFFFF.
3) PARALLEL I/O PROTOCOL -
[PROTOCOL USED IN PC]
* BYTE OUTPUT PROCEDURE
WAIT BUSY BIT = 1 STATUS PORT BIT7 (HEX n79, n7D)
WRITE ONE BYTE DATA LATCH (HEX n78, n7C)
REVERSE STROBE BIT CONTROL PORT BIT0 (HEX n7A, n7E)
* BYTE INPUT PROCEDURE
WAIT BUSY BIT = 0 STATUS PORT BIT7 (HEX n79, n7D)
READ LOW 4 BITS OF BYTE STATUS PORT BIT3-6 (HEX n79, n7D)
REVERSE STROBE BIT CONTROL PORT BIT0 (HEX n7A, n7E)
WAIT BUSY BIT = 0 STATUS PORT BIT7 (HEX n79, n7D)
READ HIGH 4 BITS OF BYTE STATUS PORT BIT3-6 (HEX n79, n7D)
REVERSE STROBE BIT CONTROL PORT BIT0 (HEX n7A, n7E)
* 5 TYPES OF COMMAND
* COMMAND LENGTH = 9 BYTES.
* COMMAND FORMAT
BYTE 1 D5 ID CODE 1
BYTE 2 AA ID CODE 2
BYTE 3 96 ID CODE 3
BYTE 4 00|01|04|05|06 COMMAND CODE
BYTE 5 al LOW BYTE OF ADDRESS
BYTE 6 ah HIGH BYTE OF ADDRESS
BYTE 7 ll LOW BYTE OF DATA LENGTH
BYTE 8 lh HIGH BYTE OF DATA LENGTH
BYTE 9 cc CHECKSUM = 81^BYTE4^BYTE5^BYTE6^BYTE7^BYTE8
* COMMAND [00] : DOWNLOAD DATA
al, ah = ADDRESS
ll, lh = DATA LENGTH
OUTPUT DATAS AFTER COMMAND
* COMMAND [01] : UPLOAD DATA
al, ah = ADDRESS
ll, lh = DATA LENGTH
INPUT DATAS AFTER COMMAND
* COMMAND [04] : FORCE SFC PROGRAM TO JMP
al, ah = ADDRESS
* COMMAND [05] : SET MEMORY PAGE NUMBER
al BIT0-1 = PAGE NUMBER
al BIT2-7 + ah BIT0-1 = BANK NUMBER
* COMMAND [06] : SUB FUNCTION
al = 0 INITIAL DEVICE
al = 1 PLAY GAME IN DRAM
al = 2 PLAY CARTRIDGE
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3. PASSWORD FORMAT
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1) DESCRIPTION
USE THE DATA IN THE PASSWORD TO REPLACE THE DATA IN THE
MEMORY AT THE OFFSET ADDRESS. (ACCORDING TO THE GAME FILE)
2) FORMAT 1 -
* "GAME DOCTOR" GOLD FINGER FORMAT.
* 20 BITS ADDRESS SPACE ASSIGNMENT.
* 3 DATA BYTES PER STRING.
* [Gaaaaaddddddccc]
'G' = MEANS GAME DOCTOR FORMAT.
aaaaa = OFFSET ADDRESS OF GAME FILE. (EXCLUDING 512 BYTES HEADER)
dddddd = 3 DATA BYTES. (IF THE SECOND OR THE THIRD DATA IS '00',
THAT MEANS THE DATA UN-CHANGE AT THE SECOND
OR THIRD BYTE)
ccc = CHECKSUM. (DOES NOT USE IN SWC AND SMC)
3) FORMAT 2 -
* "FRONT FAREAST" FORMAT.
* 24 BITS ADDRESS SPACE ASSIGNMENT.
* 1 TO 36 DATA BYTES PER STRING.
* NO CHECKSUM.
* [nnaaaaaadd....]
nn = DATA BYTE LENGTH.
aaaaaa = OFFSET ADDRESS OF GAME FILE. (EXCLUDING 512 BYTES HEADER)
dd.... = nn BYTES DATA. (SHOULD BE nn*2 CHARACTERS)
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4. FILE HEADER
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1) CREATED BY JSI/FRONT FAREAST.
2) 512 BYTES LENGTH. (ONE SSECTOR)
3) BYTE
0 - LOW BYTE OF 8K-BYTES PAGE COUNTS.
1 - HIGH BYTE OF 8K-BYTES PAGE COUNTS.
2 - EMULATION MODE SELECT
BIT 76543210
X : 1=RUN IN MODE 0. (JUMP $8000)
X : 0=LAST FILE OF THE GAME. (MULTI FILE LOADING)
X : 0=MODE 1, 1=MODE 2. (SRAM MAPPING)
X : 0=MODE 20, 1=MODE 21. (DRAM MAPPING)
XX : 0=SRAM OFF, 1=SRAM 16K, 2=SRAM 64K, 3=SRAM 256K
X : 0=RUN IN MODE 3, 1=RUN IN MODE 2. (JMP RESET)
X : 0=DISABLE, 1=ENABLE. (EXTERNAL CARTRIDGE MEMORY
IMAGE AT BANK 20-5F, A0-DF
IN SYSTEM MODE 2, 3)
3-7 - RESERVED. (SHOULD BE '00')
8 - FILE ID CODE 1. (SHOULD BE 'AA')
9 - FILE ID CODE 2. (SHOULD BE 'BB')
10 - CHECK THIS BYTE IF ID 1 AND 2 MATCH.
'02': MAGIC GRIFFIN GAME FILE. (PC ENGINE)
'03': MAGIC GRIFFIN SRAM DATA FAILE.
'04': SWC&SMC GAME FILE. (SUPER MAGICOM)
'05': SWC&SMC PASSWORD, SRAM DATA, SAVER DATA FILE.
'06': SMD GAME FILE. (MEGA DRIVE)
'07': SMD SRAM DATA FILE.
11-511 - RESERVED. (SHOULD BE '00')
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5. MEMORY MODE SWAP FILE FORMAT
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1) DESCRIPTION
THIS IS VERSION 1.0 FORMAT. IT DOES NOT CONTAIN SUPER FAMICOM PPU
REGISTERS IMAGE. I PLAN TO SUPPORT PPU REGISTERS BACKUP IN THE
'SUPER WILDCARD PLUS' AND 'SUPER WILDCARD 2' MACHINE(IT REQUIRES THE
HARDWARE SUPPORT FOR PPU REGISTER BACKUP). SO IN NEW MACHINE
IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO CONVERT THE MEMORY FILE TO A STILL IMAGE
IN THE COMPUTER AND GET A GAME SCREEN HARDCOPY FROM COLOR PRINTER
OUTPUT. ALSO YOU CAN VIEW THE MEMORY FILE IMAGE ON TV THROUGH
A UTILITY PROGRAM BY WILDCARD(THIN FUNCTION MAY INCLUDE IN THE
NEW BIOS FOR ABOVE TWO NEW MACHINES).
2) FILE LENGTH : 512 BYTES HEADER + 256K BYTES DATA
3) FORMAT
OFFSET DESCRIPTION
0-1FF HEADER
200-201FF 128KB.CPU WORK RAM 7E0000-7FFFFF IMAGE
20200-301FF 64KB.PPU VRAM IMAGE
30200-3E1FF 56KB.RESERVED
3E200-401FF CPU REGISTER BACKUP
3E200 P FLAG REGISTER
3E201 DATA BANK REGISTER
3E202-3 A REGISTER
3E204-5 X REGISTER
3E206-7 Y REGISTER
3E208-9 S REGISTER
3E20A-B DIRECT REGISTER
WILD CARD MODE BACKUP
3F208-9 C008-9 REGISTER
3F20A BIT 0 OF EMULATION MODE SELECT
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