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- _________________________________________________/ Poise/RaZoR PC |__________
- Presents : The Super Wild Card & Super Magicom Programmers Handbook.
- Typed by : MicroChip/Evolution/Submission
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- Call the Evolution WHQ on : Southern Cross BBS (SNES/MD/PC/AMIGA)
- --> +61-3-428-9359 (2 Nodes Ringdown)
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- ***************************************************************************
- HardWare Specifcations & Features
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- 1) DRAM - 28Mega Bits Maximum Available
- 2) SRAM - 256k (Battery Backup)
- 3) ROM - 128k (Firmware)
- 4) Floppy Drive Interface -
- * Motorola MCS3201 Chip (NEC 765A Compatible)
- * Compatible with IBM PC/AT & XT Disk Drive System
- * Suports 3.5" & 5.25" Flopy 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 to Male DB-25 Connector to connect to PC's Parallel Port
- 6) Core Chip -
- * Altera EP1810 Chip (First Generation)
- * Front Far East FC9203 Chip (Currently Shipping)
- * Front Far East FC9304 Chip (Not Avilable)
- 7) Versions -
- Ver. Bios-Name Core Mode21 Saver Description
- 'A' Magicom EP1810 No Yes External Drive
- 'B' Wild Card EP1810 Yes Yes External or Bulid-in DD
- 'C' Wild Card FC9203 Yes Yes External or Bulid-in DD
- 'D' Wild Card FC9304 Yes Yes (Under Development)
- 'E' Wild Card EP1810 Yes No Magic Drive Adapter
- 'F' Wild Card FC9203 Yes No Magic Drive Adapter
- SoftWare Specifications & Features
- ----------------------------------
- 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 : Disk Control Register
- * Consult the MCS3201 Data Sheet for more detailed information.
- [Parallel I/O]
- C008R : Bit 07 : Parallel Data Input (reading this register will
- reverse the busy flag)
- C008W : Bit 03 : Parallel Data Output
- Bit 00 : 0=Mode 20, 1=Mode 21 (DRAM Mapping)
- Bit 01 : 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)
- E004W : System Mode 0 (Play Cartridge)
- E004W : System Mode 0 (Cartridge Emulation 1)
- E004W : System Mode 0 (Cartridge Emulation 2)
- [Others]
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- 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 A000FFF (Sys Mode 0)
- Disable cartridge page mapping at bank 205F,A0 (Sys Mode 2,3)
- E00DW : Enable SRAM page mapping at A000FFF (Sys Mode 0)
- Enable cartridge mapping at Bank 205F,A0 (Sys Mode 2,3)
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- * The bank address of the above registers is 007D,80.
- * 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]
- bb2000B3FFFRW : SRAM or Cartridge page mapping, bb=407D,C0
- bb8000B9FFFRW : DRAM page mapping, bb=007D,80
- bbA000bBFFFRW : SRAM or Cartridge page mapping, bb=007D,90
- bbC000W : I/O Registers, bb=007D,80 (Registers)
- bbE000bFFFFR : ROM Page mapping, bb=01 (Firmware)
- * 1 Page = 8k Bytes, 1 Bank = 4 pages
- * bb:000F = 4 Mega Bytes
- * bb:001F = 8 Mega Bytes
- * bb:002F = 12 Mega Bytes
- * bb:003F = 16 Mega Bytes
- [System Mode 1]
- bb0000b7FFFR : Cartridge Mapping, bb=407D,C0 (Mode 21)
- bb8000bFFFFR : Cartridge Mapping, bb=007d,80 (Mode 20,21)
- [System Mode 2]
- bb0000b7FFFR : DRAM Mapping, bb=407D,C00 (Mode 21)
- bb8000BFFFFR : DRAM Mapping, bb=0070,800 (Mode 20,21)
- 70800070FFFFRW : SRAM Mode 1 Mapping
- 306000307FFFRW : SRAM Mode 2 Mapping, Page 0
- 316000317FFFRW : SRAM Mode 2 Mapping, Page 1
- 326000327FFFRW : SRAM Mode 2 Mapping, Page 2
- 336000337FFFRW : SRAM Mode 2 Mapping, Page 3
- * bbE004bE007W : Mode Select Registers, bb=007D,80
- [System Mode 3]
- bb0000b7FFFR : DRAM Mapping, bb=406F,C0 (Mode 21)
- bb8000BFFFFR : DRAM Mapping, bb=006F,80 (Mode 20,21)
- 70800070FFFFRW : SRAM Mode 1 Mapping
- 306000307FFFRW : SRAM Mode 2 Mapping, Page 0
- 316000317FFFRW : SRAM Mode 2 Mapping, Page 1
- 326000327FFFRW : SRAM Mode 2 Mapping, Page 2
- 336000337FFFRW : SRAM Mode 2 Mapping, Page 3
- * Mode 21 - Even DRAM is mapped to bb0000b7FFF
- Odd DRAM is mapped to bb8000bFFFF
- 3) Parallel I/O Protocol -
- [Protocol used in PC]
-
- * Byte Output procedure:
- Wait Busy Bit = 1 Status Port Bit 7 (Hex n79,n7D)
- Write One Bytes Data Latch (Hex n78,n7C)
- Reverse Strobe bit Control Port Bit 0 (Hex n7a,n7E)
- * Byte Input procedure:
- Wait Busy Bit = 0 Status Port Bit 7 (Hex n79.n7D)
- Read Low 4 bits of byte Status Port Bit 36 (Hex n79.n7D)
- Reverse Strobe bit Control Port Bit 0 (Hex n7A.n7E)
- Wait Bust Bit = 0 Status PortBit 7 (Hex n79.n7D)
- Read High 4 Bits of byte Status Port Bit 36 (Hex n79.n7D)
- Reverse Strobe Bit Control Port Bit 0 (Hex n7A.n7E)
- * 5 Types of Commands
- * 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 A1 Low Byte of Address
- Byte 6 AH High Bytes 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
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- * Command [00] : Download Data
- a1,ah = Address
- 11,1h = Data Length
- Output Data after Command
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- * Command [01] : Upload Data
- a1,ah = Address
- 11,1h = Data Length
- Input Data after Command
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- * Command [04] : Force SFC Program to JMP
- a1,ah = address
- * Command [05] : Set Memory Page Number
- a1 Bit 1 = Page Number
- a1 Bit27 + ah Bit 1 = Bank Number
- * Command [06] : SUB Function
- a1 = 0 Initial Device
- a1 = 1 Play Game in DRAM
- a1 = 2 Play Cartridge
- Password Format
- ---------------
- 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 assigment
- * 3 data bytes per string
- * [Gaaaaaddddddccc]
- 'G' = Means Game Doctor Format
- aaaaa = Offser address of game file (Excluding 512 bytes header)
- dddddd = 3 data Bytes (If the second ot the third data is '00',
- this means that the data is uncganged in
- the second of third byte)
- ccc = Checksum (Not used in SWC and SMC)
- 3) Format 2 -
- * 'FFE' Format
- * 24 bit address space assigment
- * 1 to 36 data bytes per string
- * No Checksum
- * [nnaaaaaadd....]
- nn = Data bytes length
- aaaaaa = Offset Address of Game file (excluding 512 bytes header)
- dd.... = nn Bytes data (Should be nn*2 Characters)
- File Header
- -----------
- 1) Created by JSI/Front Far East
- 2) 512 Bytes Length
- 3) Byte
- 0 - Low Byte of 8k-Bytes page Counts
- 1 - High Byte of 8k-Bytes page Counts
- 2 - Emulation Mode Select
- Bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
- x : 1=Run in Mode 0 (Jump $8000)
- x : 0=Last File of the Game (Multi-File)
- x : 0=Mode 1, 1=Mode 2 (SRAM Mapping)
- x : 0=Mode 20, 1=Mode 21 (DRAM Mapping)
- x : 0=Run in Mode 3, 1=Run in Mode 2 (JMP Reset)
- x : 0=Disable, 1=Enable (external cartridge
- memory image at Bank 205F,A0 System Mode 2,3)
- 8 - File ID Code 1 (Should be 'AA')
- 9 - File ID Code 2 (Should be 'BB')
- 10 - Check this byte if ID 1 & 2 Match
- 02 : Magic Griffin Game File (PC Engine)
- 03 : Magic Griffin SRAM Data File
- 04 : SWC & SMC Game File (SNES)
- 05 : SWC & SMC Password, SRAM data, Saver Data File.
- 06 : SMD Game File (Megadrive)
- 07 : SMD SRAM Data File
- 37 - Reserved (Should be 00)
- 11511 - Reserved (Should be 00)
- ****************************** The End ***********************************
- Personal Greetings go to:
- Ice/ATX - See ya at the Rave!
- Krayzi/PE - Stop pulling those pipes.
- Krimsym - See ya at Insanity!
- VIking Child/Submission - Use a condom next time!
- Ginnie/Razor - PC's RULE - NOT!
- TV & Revenger/Submission - Why an A4000?
- Poise/Razor - Where's my text screen??
- Itec/Submission - Lets get TCC going again?
- Mixer/Mel - See ya at Kentucky!
- WormEater & RAM - Call my board!
- Kirk/Anthrox - How ya going Pete? Will Call ya soon!
- Mat - Speed kills - NOT!
- Choronzon - Let me see ya trade!
- Sweet Thing - Thanx for the support!
- Woody & Sandman - Call my bbs you lazy bastards.. hehe
- Cameo - I want a pre-release...
- Rotox - Call me..
- Mr. IRQ - Dove' il mio manuale?
- Jacknife - Thanx for the Support Dude!
- And to all my friends I have forgotten about coz I am tired!
- Group Greetings go to:
- Submission, Magical, Anthrox, Paradox, Razor, Fairlight, BSL, Elitendo,
- PE, Quartex, Skid Row and to all others I missed!
- NOTE: If any Australian's wish to purchase a Super Wild Card they are
- asked to call (03) 883-0297 (24hour paging service)............
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