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The '''Bank Address Register''' (also known as the '''bank byte''') is Nintendo's name for the 8-bit register that fills in the most significant bits of a 24-bit address memory access by the [[5A22]]. It keeps track of what bank the CPU is configured to use. It is cleared to zero on reset. | The '''Bank Address Register''' (also known as the '''bank byte''') is Nintendo's name for the 8-bit register that fills in the most significant bits of a 24-bit address memory access by the [[5A22]]. It keeps track of what bank the CPU is configured to use. It is cleared to zero on reset. | ||
[[PLB]] | [[PLB]], [[MVN]], and [[MVP]] modify this register. | ||
=== See Also === | === See Also === | ||
Revision as of 23:36, 6 July 2024
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The Bank Address Register (also known as the bank byte) is Nintendo's name for the 8-bit register that fills in the most significant bits of a 24-bit address memory access by the 5A22. It keeps track of what bank the CPU is configured to use. It is cleared to zero on reset.
PLB, MVN, and MVP modify this register.
See Also
References
- Figure 2-21-2 on page 2-21-3 of Book I of the official Super Nintendo development manual
- section 2.5 on page 6 of 65c816 datasheet, https://westerndesigncenter.com/wdc/documentation/w65c816s.pdf