Re: [stella] a "pot" of confusion

Subject: Re: [stella] a "pot" of confusion
From: Eckhard Stolberg <Eckhard_Stolberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 21:13:24 +0200
At 09:51 28.05.99 -0400, you wrote:
>Well, first off, only ROMs that are simple 2k or 4k with no bankswitching
>have a chance of working.  Satisfying that, the code will work as long as
>it never tries to access location $FFF8 (or $FFF9?).  That's the
>Supercharger's control register, which does stuff like enabling writes to
>the Supercharger RAM, which is a Bad Thing if the game is supposed to be
>ROM.

$FFF8 is the Supercharger's control register. $FFF9 seems to be the
read register for the audio loading feature. Accessing this address
will not accidently switch banks or enable RAM writing or somthing like
that, but it wouldn't give you the desired value either, so your game
might still crash.


Ciao, Eckhard Stolberg


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