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| MVS and AES cartridges are made of two, double-sided boards. The top ("PROG") board holds the [[P ROM|P]] and [[V ROM|V]] ROMs, while the bottom one ("CHA") holds the [[C ROM|C]], [[S ROM|S]] and [[M1 ROM|M1]] ROMs. | | [[AES cartridge]]s and [[MVS cartridge]]s cartridges are made of two, double-sided boards. The top [[PROG board]] holds the [[P ROM|P]] (68k code) and [[V ROM|V]] ROMs (sound), while the bottom [[CHA board]] holds the [[C ROM|C]] (sprite tiles), [[S ROM|S]] (fix tiles) and [[M1 ROM|M1]] ROMs (sound driver). |
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| A few different boards were made to accomodate various ROM sizes and protection chips. See [[Cartridge boards]].
| | Different boards were designed to accomodate various ROM sizes and protection chips. See [[Cartridge_specifications]] for a complete list of them. |
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| == MVS cartridges ==
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| *Early cartridges like [http://www.mvs-scans.com/index.php/Puzzled Puzzled] and [http://www.mvs-scans.com/index.php/Nam_1975 NAM1975] used lots of discrete logic chips for banking. These chips were quickly merged in ASICs like [[NEO-273]], [[NEO-ZMC2|NEO-ZMC]], [[PCM]], [[SNK-9201]] and [[NEO-CMC]].
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| *[[http://www.mvs-scans.com/index.php/Super_Sidekicks Super Sidekicks]] and [[http://www.mvs-scans.com/index.php/Fatal_Fury_2 Fatal Fury 2]] have a challenge/response type protection chip called [[SNK-9201]].
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| *[[http://www.mvs-scans.com/index.php/File:Garou_mark_of_the_wolves_set1_b1_front.jpg Garou MOTW]] has encrypted code and a [[NEO-SMA]] chip.
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| *Some carts like [[http://www.mvs-scans.com/index.php/King_of_Fighters_%2798 KOF 98]] had [[Altera CPLD|Altera MAX CPLDs]] as protection devices.
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| *[[http://www.mvs-scans.com/index.php/Thrash_Rally Thrash Rally]], [[http://www.mvs-scans.com/index.php/Riding_Hero Riding Hero]], and [[http://www.mvs-scans.com/index.php/League_Bowling League Bowling]] had [[HD6301]] microcontrollers and SN75176 differential bus drivers to communicate point-to-point through 3.5mm jack cables for their [[multiplayer]] mode. The AES versions only had one plug ?
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| See [[Pinouts#MVS Cartridges|Pinouts]].
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| == AES cartridges ==
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| == Development cartridges == | | == Development cartridges == |
Revision as of 05:13, 9 January 2012
AES cartridges and MVS cartridges cartridges are made of two, double-sided boards. The top PROG board holds the P (68k code) and V ROMs (sound), while the bottom CHA board holds the C (sprite tiles), S (fix tiles) and M1 ROMs (sound driver).
Different boards were designed to accomodate various ROM sizes and protection chips. See Cartridge_specifications for a complete list of them.
Development cartridges
EPROM carts by SNK. Capacity ? Versions ? Sold to ? Side connector function ?