map.txt

The CVS repository contains various documents, bits of code, and programs useful for N64 development.

docs/
bootcode_start_addresses - where the first 1MB of code is loaded into RAM by different bootcodes
eeprom - eeprom interfacing info by LaC
mipscheck.html - documentation for SGI mipscheck, "Examines binaries for instruction sequences"
n64.lyx - MIPS Development with the Nintendo 64 by Ryan Underwood (runderwo)
n64_dma_pathways.dia - diagram of all possible DMA pathways within the N64 by hcs (suggested by runderwo)
n64dox.txt - LaC's n64 hardware dox v0.8: low-level VI, AI, and especially PIF information
n64dox-0.5.txt - LaC's n64 hardware dox v0.5
n64info.txt - N64 ROM header format and memory map
n64pifmod.html - import modification (run NTSC or PAL games on either model N64)
Nintendo_64_Game_Console-BPT.pdf - Nintendo 64 Console Annotated Circuit Board
start.html - Starting N64 Coding by JL_Picard
trainer.txt - How to make a N64 Trainer Documentation by Icarus
US6239810.High_performance_low_cost_video_game_sys.pdf - N64 patent, May 29, 2001
US6331856.Video_game_system_with_coprocessor_provi.pdf - N64 patent, December 18, 2001
US4799635.pdf - NES lockout chip patent, January 24, 1989
US5070479.pdf - Super NES lockout chip patent, December 3, 1991
US20010016517.pdf - N64 Rumble Pak patent, August 23, 2001

docs/cart
oscill.html - analysis of N64 cartridge connector

docs/cd64
cd64_misc - Snippets from dextrose forums regarding CD64
cd64_protocols - Comms link protocols used by CD64 BIOS and Ghemor
comms_link - Notes about the comms link interface supplied by UFO
ppa_workings - Notes about how the CD64 PPA operates

docs/controller
lablecckpt1.pdf - DreamKatz controller interface coursework

docs/mips
007-2597-001.pdf - MIPS IV Instruction Set, Revision 3.2 (334 page version)
mips-isa.pdf - MIPS IV Instruction Set, Revision 3.2 (328 page alternate version)
007-2816-004.pdf - MIPSpro N32 ABI Handbook, Revision 004 (May 1999)
007-2816-005.pdf - MIPSpro N32 ABI Handbook, Revision 005 (Oct 2002)
MIPS-N32-ABI-Handbook.pdf - MIPSpro N32 ABI Handbook, Revision 004 alt from Linux-MIPS
007-2489-001.pdf - MIPS R4000 Microprocessor User's Manual, Second Edition, 1994
Errata R4000-R4400 (...).pdf - Errata for R4000 manual, November 8, 1994
R4300_datasheet.Rev0.3.pdf - MIPS R4300 Data Sheet, Rev 0.3, April 1997
R4300i_Prod_Ov.ps.gz - MIPS R4300i Technical Backgrounder
U10116EJ6V0DS00.pdf - NEC uPD30200-100 (VR4300) Data Sheet, 6th Edition, December 1999 
U10116EJ7V0DS00.pdf - NEC uPD30200-100 (VR4300) Data Sheet, 7th Edition, November 2000
vr4300.html - NEC VR4300 press release from 1998

docs/mips/tutorial
InstructionSets3.PDF - MIPS Subroutines and Programs coursework
data.pdf - SPIM R2000 coursework reference
mips_instructions.pdf - MIPS III instructions quick reference

docs/n64ops - Nintendo 64 Toolkit: opcodes v1.1 by anarko

docs/rambus
64dDDS.pdf - Rambus Direct RDRAM 64/72-Mbit Data Sheet, DL0035-00.7, August 1998 (missing?)
n64_rdram_datasheet.pdf - OKI 18/64-Mbit Concurrent RDRAM Data Sheet, Feb 1999

docs/rcp
ucode_example.html - example microcode from Resident Evil 2

docs/tutorial/gbaguy - gbaguy's N64 asm tutorial, using U64ASM

docs/z64
z64_arch - _kid's Z64 hardware description
z64hw_dextrose*.html - threads from dextrose describing the Z64 hardware

include/ultra64
cartmem.h - cartridge memory addresses and sizes
rom.h - ROM header structure

include/ultra64/host
cartinfo.h - not much
cd64lib.h - CD64 communication definitions

include/ultra64/n64
n32regs.h - names for MIPS GPR registers

lib/alt-libn64 - hardware library by hcs

lib/cart
u64cartinfo.c - print some information about a N64 program file

lib/cd64
libcd64, a library for high-level and low-level CD64 communication on the host

lib/libn64
Garth Elgar's libn64, first try at an open source N64 development platform

src/boot
crt0.s - sets up VI registers and does nothing (U64ASM source)
pif.S - PIF Boot ROM emulation, for use in simulation environments

src/boot/bootcodes - boot headers for different CIC chips

src/demo/gnuintro - a simple demo and information on using GNU tools by Tom Whittock

src/demo/jpegview - libn64-based JPEG viewer by Garth Elgar

src/demo/libdemo - simple libn64 demo by Garth Elgar

src/neon64 - NES Emulator with examples of RSP, RDP, controller pack usage, by hcs (U64ASM source)

util/cap64 - N64 screen capture program, complementary PC program to read result to BMP (U64ASM and C++ source)

util/cd64comm
cd64comm.cpp - UFO's DOS CD64 transfer utility
cd64comm.cc - chuckjr's port of an older version of the DOS utility
cd64comm.c - UFO's Linux CD64 transfer utility
098/ - Older version of cd64comm (n64comm)
102/ - Older version of cd64comm

util/cd64ftp
A libcd64 program that implements a traditional FTP client interface for CD64 usage.

util/dexux - DexDrive communication library and tools by William Ono and Ben Galliart

util/gsupload - upload data to N64 RAM via Game Shark by hcs

util/linxdex - DexDrive Utilities For Linux by Dan Page

util/misc
rominfo - Perl source to read ROM header info

util/n64tools - Linux N64 tools
cd64comm.c - CD64 communication source by cn@UFO
decode.cc - GBI command decoder by Pooka
dlrip.cc - dlist ripper by Pooka
drjr.c - Dr. V64jr communication source by Bung Enterprises
insertfs.c - tool to "Insert a filing system into a Nintendo 64 ROM" by Garth Elgar
n64term.c - Terminal to communicate with N64 by Garth Elgar (for CD64)
nifty.c - ROM header tool by Tom Whittock
raw2s.c - Covert a binary file into a GCC .S asm file by Tom Whittock
renamer.c - Rename and split ROMs across CDs, make HTML list by Garth Elgar
tiff2rgb.c - Convert a TIFF image into N64 format RGB by Garth Elgar

util/sendtov64 - Doctor V64 send tool by Christopher Field

util/u64asm - DOS MIPS assembler, with demo and the long-lost source

web/
*TO DO*

**** not done yet ***
also not sure whether to bother listing purpose of different files in a single logical group