Signals
Most names come from the official schematics.
Clocks
Name | Description | Type | Comes from | Fault consequence |
24M | 24MHz master clock | Clock | NEO-D0 | Nothing works, no video at all |
12M | 12MHz clock (24/2) non-inverted | Clock | NEO-D0 | Bad graphics |
8M | 8MHz clock (24/3) non-inverted | Clock | LSPC | No sound |
6MB | 6MHz clock (24/4) inverted | Clock | NEO-D0 | Black screen ? |
4M | 4MHz clock (24/6) non-inverted | Clock | LSPC | No sound |
4MB | 4MHz clock (24/6) inverted | Clock | ? | ? |
1MB | 3MHz (!) clock (24/8) inverted | Clock | NEO-D0 | ? |
68KCLK | 12MHz clock (24/2) non-inverted | Clock | NEO-D0 | Click of death |
68KCLKB | 12MHz clock (24/2) inverted | Clock | NEO-D0 | ? |
2H1 | S ROM A3 | Address | LSPC | Bad fix graphics |
A1~A23 | 68k address bus | Address | 68k | Click of death |
A22I,A23I | Altered address lines for 68k vector table swap | Address | ? | Probably click of death |
AS | 68k Address Strobe | Control | 68k | Probably click of death |
BNK0~2 | Memory card bank selection | Control | ? | Errors on access to big memory cards |
CA4 | C ROMs A4 | Address | LSPC | Bad sprite graphics |
C* or CR0~CR31 | C ROMs data bus (2*16bits), data for one 8-pixels line | Data | C ROM | Bad sprite graphics |
D0~D15 | 68k data bus | Data | Multiple | Click of death |
/DTACK | 68k Data Transmit ACKnowledge (see wait cycles) | Control | 68k | Click of death ? |
FIXD0~FIXD7 | Fix layer data bus, data for 2 pixels | Data | S ROM | Garbled graphics, solid color screen |
P0~P23 | Multiplexed P bus | Muxed | Multiple | Garbled or absent graphics |
PA0~PA11 | Palette RAM address bus | Address | NEO-B1 | Bad colors, snow, black screen |
- PAL: Palette RAM address decode for 68k access
- PCK1B: Low 55ns, high 610 (1.5MHz) Clock to latch C ROM address from P0~P23 (mapping) on rising edge.
- PCK2B: Low 55ns, high 610 (1.5MHz) Clock to latch S ROM address from P0~P15 (mapping) on rising edge.
- /PORTADRS: $200000-$2FFFFF (P2+ ROM/Security chip) any access
- /PORTOEL: $200000-$2FFFFF (P2+ ROM/Security chip) odd byte read
- /PORTOEU: $200000-$2FFFFF (P2+ ROM/Security chip) even byte read
- /PORTWEL: $200000-$2FFFFF (P2+ ROM/Security chip) odd byte write
- /PORTWEU: $200000-$2FFFFF (P2+ ROM/Security chip) even byte write
- /PWAIT0, /PWAIT1: adds 0 to 3 cycle delay for P2 ROM reads, see wait cycles
- R/W: 68k Read/Write
- /ROMOE: $000000-$0FFFFF (P1 ROM) read
- /ROMOEL: $000000-$0FFFFF (P1 ROM) odd byte read
- /ROMOEU: $000000-$0FFFFF (P1 ROM) even byte read
- /ROMWAIT: add 1-cycle delay for P1 ROM reads
- /SROMOE: $C00000-$CFFFFF (System ROM) read
- /SROMOEL: $C00000-$CFFFFF (System ROM) odd byte read
- /SROMOEU: $C00000-$CFFFFF (System ROM) even byte read
- SDA0~SDA15 : Z80 address bus
- SDD0~SDD7: Z80 data bus
- SDRAD0~SDRAD7: ADPCM-A ROM multiplexed bus (data/address)
- SDRA8,SDRA9,SDRA20~SDRA23: ADPCM-A ROM address bus
- SDPAD0~SDPAD7: ADPCM-B ROM multiplexed bus (data/address)
- SDPA8,SDPA9,SDPA10,SDPA11: ADPCM-B ROM address bus
- SYSTEM: low when onboard ROMs selected
- SYSTEMB: inverted SYSTEM