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[[iNES Mapper 186]] is used for the Study Box (J) of rarely learning game.
[[iNES Mapper 186]] is used for Fukutake Shoten's Japanese edutainment game ''Study Box''. This information is currently identical to FCEUX's source.


Registry will respond to as follows.
Write mask: $FE03
  $4200 write: [RR.. ....] - select one of four 8 KiB PRG-RAM banks
  $4201 write: [.... PPPP] - select one of sixteen 16 KiB PRG-ROM banks at $8000
  $4202 write: unknown
  $4203 write: unknown


  $4200-$43FF: M186 (Read/Write)
TCRF claims that there's a printer interface.
  $4400-$4FFF: SWRAM (A/B)
 
  Read mask: $FEFF
  $6000-$7FFF: 8K PRG-RAM bank
  $4200, $4201, $4203 read: returns $00
  $8000-$BFFF: 16K switchable PRG-ROM bank  
  $4202 read: returns $40
  $C000-$FFFF: 16K fixed PRG-ROM bank
  $4204-$43FF read: returns $FF
 
The readable ports may have something to do with what Санчез describes as an "Audio Tape reader" and "power supply condition". TCRF additionally mentions a touchpad interface.
 
Memory locations:
  $4400-$4FFF: 3 KiB PRG-RAM
  $6000-$7FFF: 8 KiB PRG-RAM bank (one of four)
  $8000-$BFFF: 16 KiB switchable PRG-ROM bank  
  $C000-$FFFF: 16 KiB fixed PRG-ROM bank (always bank 0)
 
Having 35 KiB of PRG-RAM seems unlikely, and probable that it overlaps with some of the bankable 32 KiB of RAM. Санчез doesn't say anything more specific, unfortunately.
 
See also:
* http://cah4e3.shedevr.org.ru/dumping_2005.php
* http://sourceforge.net/p/fceultra/code/HEAD/tree/fceu/trunk/src/boards/186.cpp
* https://tcrf.net/StudyBox

Revision as of 21:43, 15 November 2015


iNES Mapper 186 is used for Fukutake Shoten's Japanese edutainment game Study Box. This information is currently identical to FCEUX's source.

Write mask: $FE03
 $4200 write: [RR.. ....] - select one of four 8 KiB PRG-RAM banks
 $4201 write: [.... PPPP] - select one of sixteen 16 KiB PRG-ROM banks at $8000
 $4202 write: unknown
 $4203 write: unknown

TCRF claims that there's a printer interface.

Read mask: $FEFF
 $4200, $4201, $4203 read: returns $00
 $4202 read: returns $40
 $4204-$43FF read: returns $FF

The readable ports may have something to do with what Санчез describes as an "Audio Tape reader" and "power supply condition". TCRF additionally mentions a touchpad interface.

Memory locations:

$4400-$4FFF: 3 KiB PRG-RAM
$6000-$7FFF: 8 KiB PRG-RAM bank (one of four)
$8000-$BFFF: 16 KiB switchable PRG-ROM bank 
$C000-$FFFF: 16 KiB fixed PRG-ROM bank (always bank 0)

Having 35 KiB of PRG-RAM seems unlikely, and probable that it overlaps with some of the bankable 32 KiB of RAM. Санчез doesn't say anything more specific, unfortunately.

See also: