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* pins 1-8 of the [[Expansion Port]]
* pins 1-8 of the [[Expansion Port]]


It is drawn in purple in the colorized [[jwdonal schematic]].  Some people like to think of Address Bus B as being 16-bits wide, with the high byte being fixed to $21.<sup>[1]</sup>
which is the exact same set of components that the [[CPU Data Bus]] is connected to.  The SNES bus is drawn in purple in the colorized [[jwdonal schematic]].  Some people like to think of Address Bus B as being 16-bits wide, with the high byte being fixed to $21.<sup>[1]</sup>


[[File:SNES Bus.png|thumb]]
[[File:SNES Bus.png|thumb]]
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=== See Also ===
=== See Also ===
* [[Address Bus A]]
* [[Address Bus A]]
* [[CPU Data Bus]]


=== Reference ===
=== Reference ===

Revision as of 17:32, 29 December 2023

Address Bus B, also known as the SNES bus, is 8-bits wide on the SNES Motherboard. Its individual address lines are labeled PA0-PA7, which stands for "peripheral address," as in S-CPU peripherals (not SNES peripherals). It is connected to:

which is the exact same set of components that the CPU Data Bus is connected to. The SNES bus is drawn in purple in the colorized jwdonal schematic. Some people like to think of Address Bus B as being 16-bits wide, with the high byte being fixed to $21.[1]

SNES Bus.png

See Also

Reference

  1. https://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?p=116505#p116505
  2. Figure 2-22-1, "Super NES Functional Block Diagram" on page 2-22-2 of Book I