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'''NINA-003''' and '''NINA-006''' (author is embarrassed not to know which is which) are unlicensed boards produced by American Video Entertainment.
'''NINA-03''' and '''NINA-06''' are unlicensed boards produced by American Video Entertainment. They only differ in the nature of the CIC — the former always has a microcontroller, the latter may instead have a charge pump.


== Overview ==
== Overview ==
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  +---------- Select mirroring (clear: horizontal, set: verical)
  +---------- Select mirroring (clear: horizontal, set: verical)


The mirroring bit should only be honored on the board type used by ''HES 6-in-1'', ''Mind Blower Pak'', and ''Total Funpak (HES)'', which is iNES mapper 113. On iNES mapper 79, this bit is ignored.
The mirroring bit should only be honored on the board type used by ''HES 6-in-1'', ''Mind Blower Pak'', and ''Total Funpak (HES)'', which is [[iNES Mapper 113|mapper 113]]. On [[iNES Mapper 079|mapper 79]], this bit is ignored.

Revision as of 19:18, 9 July 2012

NINA-03 and NINA-06 are unlicensed boards produced by American Video Entertainment. They only differ in the nature of the CIC — the former always has a microcontroller, the latter may instead have a charge pump.

Overview

  • PRG ROM size: up to 256 KB
  • PRG ROM bank size: 32 KB
  • PRG RAM: None
  • CHR ROM capacity: up to 128 KB
  • CHR bank size: 8 KB
  • Nametable mirroring: hardwired to vertical or horizontal mirroring, or controlled by mapper (depending on type)
  • Subject to bus conflicts: No

Banks

  • CPU $8000-$FFFF: 32 KB switchable PRG ROM bank
  • PPU $0000-$1FFF: 8 KB switchable CHR ROM bank

Registers

Control Register

This register is located at addresses:

F        bit      0
---- ---- ---- ----
010x xxx1 xxxx xxxx

That is, $4100-$41FF, $4300-$43FF, $45xx, $47xx, ..., $5Dxx, and $5Fxx.

7  bit  0
---- ----
MCPP PCCC
|||| ||||
|+||-|+++-- Select 8 KB CHR ROM bank for PPU $0000-$1FFF
| ++-+----- Select 32 KB PRG ROM bank for CPU $8000-$FFFF
+---------- Select mirroring (clear: horizontal, set: verical)

The mirroring bit should only be honored on the board type used by HES 6-in-1, Mind Blower Pak, and Total Funpak (HES), which is mapper 113. On mapper 79, this bit is ignored.