Difference between revisions of "ASCII-EX mapper"
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| − | Here's a proposal for a mapper format operating with a 16-bit segment register and allowing ROMs of 512 MB (8 KB segment) or 1 GB (16 KB segment). | + | Here's a proposal for a mapper format operating with a 16-bit segment register and allowing ROMs of up to 512 MB (8 KB segment) or 1 GB (16 KB segment). |
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| + | A 16-bit segment register may allow to select one of 65536 segments for each memory bank. | ||
The idea is to use the ASCII8/16 mapper format for the low byte of the segment register and to use the 8000h~9FFFh memory space unused by ASCII to manage the high byte. | The idea is to use the ASCII8/16 mapper format for the low byte of the segment register and to use the 8000h~9FFFh memory space unused by ASCII to manage the high byte. | ||
| − | In this way, we could build hardware capable of running ASCII8/16 ROMs in addition to the new 16-bit format. | + | In this way, we could build hardware capable of running standard ASCII8/16 ROMs in addition to the new 16-bit format. |
Detection by emulators should be fairly easy (counting ROM write accesses). | Detection by emulators should be fairly easy (counting ROM write accesses). | ||
| − | Below, the parts in blue are the only additions to the ASCII8/16 format. | + | Below, the parts in blue are the only additions to the standard ASCII8/16 format. |
| − | == | + | == ASCII-EX16 mapper == |
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Revision as of 10:16, 22 November 2023
Here's a proposal for a mapper format operating with a 16-bit segment register and allowing ROMs of up to 512 MB (8 KB segment) or 1 GB (16 KB segment).
A 16-bit segment register may allow to select one of 65536 segments for each memory bank.
The idea is to use the ASCII8/16 mapper format for the low byte of the segment register and to use the 8000h~9FFFh memory space unused by ASCII to manage the high byte. In this way, we could build hardware capable of running standard ASCII8/16 ROMs in addition to the new 16-bit format.
Detection by emulators should be fairly easy (counting ROM write accesses).
Below, the parts in blue are the only additions to the standard ASCII8/16 format.
ASCII-EX16 mapper
| Bank (16kB) | Switching address | Initial segment |
|---|---|---|
| 4000h~7FFFh (mirror: C000h~FFFFh) | Lower byte: 6000h (mirrors: 6001h~67FFh) Higher byte: 8000h (mirror: 8001h~87FFh) |
00000h |
| 8000h~BFFFh (mirror: 0000h~3FFFh) | Lower byte: 7000h (mirrors: 7001h~77FFh) Higher byte: 9000h (mirror: 9001h~97FFh) |
00000h |
ASCII-EX8 mapper
| Bank (8kB) | Switching address | Initial segment |
|---|---|---|
| 4000h~5FFFh (mirror: C000h~DFFFh) | Lower byte: 6000h (mirrors: 6001h~67FFh) Higher byte: 8000h (mirror: 8001h~87FFh) |
00000h |
| 6000h~7FFFh (mirror: E000h~FFFFh) | Lower byte: 6800h (mirrors: 6801h~6FFFh) Higher byte: 8800h (mirror: 8801h~8FFFh) |
00000h |
| 8000h~9FFFh (mirror: 0000h~1FFFh) | Lower byte: 7000h (mirrors: 7001h~77FFh) Higher byte: 9000h (mirror: 9001h~97FFh) |
00000h |
| A000h~BFFFh (mirror: 2000h~3FFFh) | Lower byte: 7800h (mirrors: 7801h~7FFFh) Higher byte: 9800h (mirror: 9801h~9FFFh) |
00000h |