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- Tue Mar 28, 2023 12:30 pm
- Forum: Software
- Topic: Cartridge ROM mapping
- Replies: 76
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Re: Cartridge ROM mapping
Thanks pal. I should publish the fixed basic on the cvemu website as a download rom
- Mon Mar 27, 2023 6:39 pm
- Forum: Software
- Topic: Cartridge ROM mapping
- Replies: 76
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Re: Cartridge ROM mapping
Excellent thanks Tom!
Does this confirm that there's no mirroring made via hardware by the console?
All 32k ram area accessible normally?
L
Does this confirm that there's no mirroring made via hardware by the console?
All 32k ram area accessible normally?
L
- Mon Mar 27, 2023 5:47 pm
- Forum: Software
- Topic: Cartridge ROM mapping
- Replies: 76
- Views: 3488
Re: Cartridge ROM mapping
Thanks @username@ excellent stuff!!
I look forward to someone having real hardware being able to test and post results
I look forward to someone having real hardware being able to test and post results

- Sun Mar 26, 2023 3:59 pm
- Forum: Software
- Topic: Cartridge ROM mapping
- Replies: 76
- Views: 3488
Re: Cartridge ROM mapping
To overcome the lack of RAM - both HAPMON and the Shop advert thing had an EEPROM at $4000. The EEPROM at $4000 serves as "bank /ROM1" and is read as normal data. The use of a writable EEPROM (as opposed to an EPROM or PROM) is so that you can store the text permanently, even when the console is sw...
- Sun Mar 26, 2023 3:57 pm
- Forum: Software
- Topic: Cartridge ROM mapping
- Replies: 76
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Re: Cartridge ROM mapping
With the MegaSDCart you have all 32K to poke to - so knock yourself out :0) That's because the CV maps the 32K perfectly on the cartridge, using the /ROM1 and /ROM2 pins each covering 16K. This is shown in Tom's diagrams of the CV cartridge slot for MK1 and MK2 (which are slightly different). But t...
- Sun Mar 26, 2023 3:18 pm
- Forum: Software
- Topic: Cartridge ROM mapping
- Replies: 76
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Re: Cartridge ROM mapping
I'm not sure what you mean by "diagnostic image for the hardware" etc. Do you mean console hardware, or cartridge hardware? Console hardware: all 32k is available natively. I believe there's hardware mirroring of the first 1k ram, mirrored 4 times. This should be documented in Wizzdom I believe. Eas...
- Sun Mar 26, 2023 3:11 pm
- Forum: Software
- Topic: Cartridge ROM mapping
- Replies: 76
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Re: Cartridge ROM mapping
All your ideas are excellent to create new things. The memory map in the above post by Tom is a representation of how the original cartridges had eproms wired in. You may find a 6k game as a 4k + 2k eproms, or a 8k EPROM with some duplicate or empty data in it. Or a 12k program in a 16k EPROM with 4...
- Sun Mar 26, 2023 2:35 pm
- Forum: Software
- Topic: Cartridge ROM mapping
- Replies: 76
- Views: 3488
Re: Cartridge ROM mapping
The diagram for the 6k may be incorrect but the principle is that mirroring is done at hardware level by the various configurations of the cartridges I don't own the Tank Attack cartridges anymore so I have really no way to either confirm or not whether the diagram is correct, how I got to it or els...
- Sun Mar 26, 2023 1:15 pm
- Forum: Software
- Topic: Cartridge ROM mapping
- Replies: 76
- Views: 3488
Re: Cartridge ROM mapping
Ok guys - please point me to any ROM which has mirroring at $B800 - it's nonsense! 4K + 2K is inverted - 4K block is at $B000, 2K page is at either $A000 or $A800, or mirrored to both. The mirroring is done via hardware in the cartridge. That's all. Whether the actual program uses any mirrored rom ...
- Sun Mar 26, 2023 8:38 am
- Forum: Software
- Topic: Cartridge ROM mapping
- Replies: 76
- Views: 3488
Re: Cartridge ROM mapping
Thanks Tom! That's the one