Famicom/NES mapper Documnets Vol.1
                           Version 0.2b (1997/6/12)
                          Focus on FFE mapper Type I
                                 FanWen Yang

FFE mapper !! Type I,II   aka "#6" in iNES ..
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   I/O ADDR     FUNTION              IN
    42FC        PG  WE
    42FD        HV  WE
    42FE,bit4   PG  SW
    42FF,bit4   HV  SW

    43FE        8,A,C,E  4M          <-write any byte to it to set this mode


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    4500        CONFIG             (42F*) BZ BT
    4501        IRQ OFF            (43F*)
    4502        CL
    4503        CH , COUNTER SW

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Config the FFE hardware !!!!!!!


       4500W        REM
 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
 0 0              LOAD  MODE    <----- famicom disk system  game !!
 1 0              CARD  MODE    <----- run the carts on the ffe unit
 0 1              EXEC  MODE    <----- exec loaded game .
     X X          6000 - 7FFF  BANK <-----  SRAM present or Not
         X        SW PIN
           X X X  PPU  MODE
           0 1 0  *MODE (256K)
           1 0 1  2M , VRAM EXT
           1 1 1  2M

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Config the FFE hardware !!!!!!!

  CPU  MODE     BIT             REM

            7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

  43FE      C C C C C C P P 8,A,C,E (4M) ----+------> F4  series


  *MODE      8000W , 43FFW      REM
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  42FXW      7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0  CPU + PPU
    20           C C C C P P   2M + 256K <-------- in iNES this is 90% mapper #6
    40               C C C C   2M + 64K  <-------- in iNES this is mapper #2
    60           P P C C C C   2M + 256K <-------- in iNES this is 10% mapper #6
    80           C C     P P   1M + 256K <-------- in iNES this is mapper #8
                                         F3 series

IRQ :
     (increasing)
     when the value of counter exceed $FFFF and will reset counter to $0000
     something like Namcot mapper 's counter but
     Namcot one generated IRQ when value of counter = $FFFF and no reset!
     but FFE one generated IRQ when value of counter =$0000 and reset !
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Trainer:
        either loaded into $7000 (most) or $5D00(few) .totally 512byte !
        but all FFE rom image are modified :( ...if without trainer mean
        modified less than with trainer ..

   Trainer Structure
                 7000 Jump 1 <--- NMI
                 7003 Jump 2 <--- Seting game (maybe do a check if this is
                                  FFE unit ,write a address and read from it)
                 7006 Jump 3 <--- H.V or others

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!! HOW F4 trained work ? !! (aka "4M 8/A/C/E mode" )
most F4 series are 2M+64K RAM ,2M+256K(type 1 ) ,2M +256 K (type 2)

!!2M + 64 K Ram .it's very easy  <------ mapper #2 in iNES
8000-9FFF: via 8000
A000-BFFF: via A000
C000-DFFF: via C000
E000-FFFF: via E000


$8000,A000,C000,E000

 bit7-bit4|bit3-bit0
  no used | CPU bank switching
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!!2M +256K Ram type 1 (few F4 trained series) <----- 10 % mapper #6 in iNES

$8000,A000,C000,E000
 bit7-bit6|bit5-bit4|bit3-bit0
 no used     PPU      CPU
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2M +256K Ram type 2   (most F4 trained series) <----- 90 % mapper #6 in iNES

$8000,A000,C000,E000
 bit7-bit6|bit5-bit2|bit1-bit0
  no used     CPU      PPU
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what is PPU switch in 2M+256K ?
FFE has 256 K PPU RAM and spilt to 4 page ...
4 X 64 K ...they can switch it and choose which one will be on the 0-1FFF !

for example.
  trainer move date to first page of thoes .. then now .. ready to play
  when you played level one of game .. maybe those date of first page
  not enough ..trainer will move all need date to 2nd page of and let page 2 on
  .and 1st page date are not disapear .. just off of screen ..:P ,now you
  played 2 level of game ..maybe just need some small change to first page .
  then trainer switch back to first page and move some data into it ..
  this is what it works !!!!!!

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This is some info  of FFE mapper ... just part of FFE mapper ...
FFE unit is so complex ... this will be usefully to improve mapper #6
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