Sega System C2 hardware notes (2003)

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 Sega System C2 hardware notes
 by Charles MacDonald
 WWW: http://cgfm2.emuviews.com

 Unpublished work Copyright 2000-2003 Charles MacDonald

 This document is in a very preliminary state and is subject to change.
 Most everything within has been tested and verified on a System C2 board,
 but please be aware that my testing methods or interpretations of results
 could be flawed. I can't guarantee that everything is 100% accurate.

 Table of contents

 1. 68000 memory map
 2. uPD7759
 3. Video hardware and EPM5032 registers
 4. I/O chip
 5. Hardware information
 6. Jumper settings
 7. Connector pinouts
 8. Credits and Acknowledgements
 9. Disclaimer

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 68000 memory map
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 $000000-$0FFFFF : Data from EPROMs in EVEN0 and ODD0 sockets.
 $100000-$1FFFFF : Data from EPROMs in EVEN1 and ODD1 sockets.
 $200000-$7FFFFF : Reading or writing this area causes a lockup.
 $800000-$83FFFF : Protection register and video control.
 $840000-$87FFFF : I/O chip.
 $880000-$8BFFFF : uPD7759 interface.
 $8C0000-$8FFFFF : Color RAM (1K, mirrored every 1K)
 $900000-$9FFFFF : Mirror of $800000-$8FFFFF area.
 $A00000-$BFFFFF : Reading or writing this area causes a lockup.
 $C00000-$DFFFFF : VDP
 $E00000-$FFFFFF : Work RAM (64K, mirrored every 64K)

 The details of the protection register, video control register, I/O chip,
 and uPD7759 are explained later on.

 If any EPROMs are missing from the program ROM sockets the corresponding
 memory locations will return the prefetch value. For example:

 ; Assume EVEN1/ODD1 missing
        move.w  #$100000, d0    ; Read from second ROM pair
        nop                     ; D0 = $4E71

 The VDP is only accessible at specific addresses within the memory range
 allocated to it. Reading or writing an invalid address will cause a lockup.
 Here's a bitmask of the address bus to indicate which addresses are valid:

 MSB                  LSB
 110??000????????000rrrrr

 1 - Bit must be '1'
 0 - Bit must be '0'
 ? - Value does not matter
 r - VDP internal register ($00-$1F)

 To my knowledge all games only access the VDP at $C00000-$C0001F, and do not
 use any of the mirrored locations.

 For all memory within $800000-$9FFFFF, writing to even addresses has no
 effect and reading from them returns the MSB of the prefetch value.

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 uPD7759
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 The System C2 board uses a NEC uPD7759 chip which can play back ADPCM
 samples. It can use up to 128K of ROM directly, so additional bits are
 provided through the I/O chip to control banking, allowing for 512K of ROM
 to be used in four 128K banks.

 Writing to any odd address within $880000-$8BFFFF will send the value to
 the message input of the uPD7759. Reading any odd address returns $FF.

 The status of the uPD7759 /BUSY pin can be read through bit 6 of I/O chip
 port C. I don't know how the uPD7759 is reset, which apparently is necessary
 when switching banks so the chip will re-read the header data at the start
 of the bank.

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 Video hardware and EPM5032 registers
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 An Altera EPM5032 EPLD device is used to control some aspects of the
 video hardware and provide a protection feature that games use to prevent
 bootlegging. It has the following pinout:

 Pin    Type            Description
 1      Input           /VSYNC from VDP pin 41
 2      Clock           53.693 MHz clock from OSC1
 3      Output          Output to D1A input of 74LS08.
 4      Output          To /BLANK input on color encoder
 5      Output          Clock input of LS373 to latch color bus data
 6      Output          To /SHADE input on color encoder
 9      Input           68000 A8
 10     Input           68000 /LDS
 11     Input           Bit 7 of latched color bus data
 12     Input/Output    Connected to pin 19 of 315-5242
 13     Input           /HSYNC from VDP pin 43
 14     Input           SPA/B from VDP pin 40
 15     Input           Connected to pin 3 of 315-5394
 16     Input           68000 R//W
 17     Input           68000 D3
 18     Input           68000 D2
 19     Input           68000 D1
 20     Input           68000 D0
 23     Output          Color RAM A8
 24     Output          Color RAM A7
 25     Output          Color RAM A6
 26     Output          Color RAM A5
 27     Output          Bit 6 of latched color bus data
 28     Output          Bit 5 of latched color bus data

 Pins 7,22 are +5V, pins 8,21 are ground.

 Pin 3 is connected to D1A of an AND gate, D1B is from +5V and the output
 of the gate goes to 315-5394 pin 1. I don't know what this is for.

 The /HSYNC output of the VDP appears to be the dot clock, as it is fed
 into the clock input of the color encoder.

 The EPM5032 controls the clock input of a LS373 which is used to latch
 the color bus outputs. The latched data is then sent to the EPM5032 and
 color RAM.

 The internal registers of the EPM5032 only appear at odd addresses. A8 is
 used to select the protection or video control register, so they are
 mirrored:

 $800000-$8001FF : Protection register
 $800200-$8003FF : Video control register
 :
 $83FC00-$83FDFF : Protection register
 $83FE00-$83FFFF : Video control register

 These registers are write only. Reading any odd address returns the
 currently selected value from the protection table in D3-D0, with D7-D4
 set to one.

 All games access the protection register at $800001 and the video control
 register at $800201.

 Video control register

 Bits 3-0 of the value written to the video control register are used
 as follows:

 D3 : ? (No effect)
 D2 : 0= Pixels 262-319 are blanked, 1= Pixels 262-319 are visible.
 D1 : 0= Pixels are wider and there is some flickering, 1= Normal display
 D0 : 0= Screen on, 1= Screen blanked

 All games write $06 for a normal display and $07 to turn off the screen.

 When the screen is blanked via bit 0 or 2, the /BLANK input on the color
 encoder is asserted and a black color is output, which is unrelated to any
 value stored in color RAM. This also disables shadow/hilight effects so
 it isn't possible to make the black color lighter or darker.

 It would seem that the Sega C2 video hardware only allows a 320 pixel
 display to be used. Trying to use a 256 pixel display results in an
 unstable display. While the VDP may be putting out the right signals,
 chances are the EPM5032 is programmed to support the 320 pixel mode
 exclusively.

 Shadow/Hilight mode

 The VDP outputs a signal which indicates if the current pixel data on
 the color bus should be shown normally, or if shadow/hilight effects should
 be applied. I'm assuming the EPM5032 gets this information, as it is in
 control of the /SHADE pin of the color encoder. There is no distinction
 made between shadow or hilight sprites (pixel data is $3E or $3F) either.

 It is up to bit 15 of the color RAM data to tell the color encoder to
 apply shadow or hilight effects, regardless of the VDP which can only
 indicate in general if an effect should be applied, not which one it is.

 Color RAM

 The analog RGB output of the VDP is not used. Instead the VDP has an 8-bit
 bus (which I'll call the color bus, using Yamaha's terminology) that
 transmits graphics data. It would seem to have the following format:

 D7 - Normal or shadow/hilight effect indicator
 D6 - Sprite or background pixel indicator
 D5 - Bit 1 of palette select
 D4 - Bit 0 of palette select
 D3 - Bit 3 of pixel data
 D2 - Bit 2 of pixel data
 D1 - Bit 1 of pixel data
 D0 - Bit 0 of pixel data

 Bits 7-5 go through the EPM5032 chip, so it isn't possible to tell which
 bits serve what purpose. The function of these bits could be swapped around.

 The color bus goes to 4K of color RAM, which is arranged as 2Kx16. The color
 RAM data is fed into a 315-5242 encoder, which outputs 15-bit RGB color
 and can apply shadow or hilight effects.

 Part of the color bus is shared with the EPM5032 chip which controls the
 color encoder, provides palette banking (there's more color RAM than could
 be addressed by the color bus), and to control the palettes selected as
 part of a protection feature. Here's a layout of how the color RAM is
 interfaced to the rest of the system:

 A0  - Color bus bit 0
 A1  - Color bus bit 1
 A2  - Color bus bit 2
 A3  - Color bus bit 3
 A4  - Color bus bit 4
 A5  - EPM5032 pin 26 (Color bus bit 5)
 A6  - EPM5032 pin 25
 A7  - EPM5032 pin 24
 A8  - EPM5032 pin 23 (Color bus bit 6)
 A9  - I/O chip port H bit 0
 A10 - I/O chip port H bit 1

 This arrangement divides the color RAM into four 1K units which are
 selected by I/O chip port H. The EPM5032 controls how the current 1K unit
 of color RAM is used.

 Despite the possibilities of the EPM5032 controlling multiple aspects
 about how the color RAM is accessed, nearly all games have the same
 implementation:

 - The sprite/background indicator bit selects the first 512 bytes of the
   current 1K for background pixels, and the latter 512 bytes for sprite
   pixels.

 - Writing to the protection register sets two bank select values which
   divide the 512 bytes for backgrounds or sprites into four banks of
   128 bytes:

   D0-D1 choose the background palette bank
   D3-D2 choose the sprite palette bank

 - The lower 6 bits of the color bus (color palette and pixel data) are
   used as an index into the remaining 128 bytes (64 words), and the value
   selected is sent to the color encoder.

 Here's a memory map of color RAM to represent this setup, for the
 current 1K chunk being used:

 $0000-$007F : Background palette data, for bank 0
 $0080-$00FF : Background palette data, for bank 1
 $0000-$017F : Background palette data, for bank 2
 $0180-$01FF : Background palette data, for bank 3
 $0200-$027F : Sprite palette data, for bank 0
 $0280-$02FF : Sprite palette data, for bank 1
 $0300-$037F : Sprite palette data, for bank 2
 $0380-$03FF : Sprite palette data, for bank 3

 Remember that by writing to the protection register, one of four banks
 can be selected for the backgrounds and for the sprites.

 When the CPU is accessing color RAM no banking is applied by the EPM5032,
 and it can freely read or write color RAM in 1K units as selected by
 port H of the I/O chip.

 VDP registers

 I'll only list some of the register bits that have alternate functions or
 ones that are worth mentioning.

 Register $80

 D3 : 1= Alternating lines of the display are blanked, the lines selected
         change on even and odd frames.
 D1 : 1= This bit locks up the hardware when set.
 D0 : 1= External video input enable, but this results in bad sync since
         there is no external video source.

 Register $8B

 D7 : 1= VDP controls color bus. Reading or writing color RAM at any address
         only affects address zero, and the data read/written will often be
         corrupted.
      0= CPU controls color bus. During this time garbage data is displayed
         on the screen if it is enabled. (through the video control
         register only, if the screen is blanked by bit 6 of register $81
         there will still be garbage shown)
 D6 : 1= Setting this bit locks up the hardware when set.

 All games only access color RAM during the vertical blanking period, so
 the graphical garbage shown when the CPU hogs the color bus isn't visible.

 Register $8C

 D7 : 1= Setting this bit locks up the hardware when set.
 D6 : 1= Display is enabled
      0= Display is blanked (black)
 D5 : 1= Bad sync, lines seem to be cropped to 256 pixels.
 D4 : 0= The background/sprite indicator bit is always set to zero, so
         the current background palette bank is used for sprites as well.
      1= The background/sprite indicator bit works normally.
 D0 : 1= 320-pixel display
      0= This should be a 256-pixel display, but you just get bad sync
         instead.

 Bits 1 and 2 of this register do not enable interlacing regardless of
 any setting.

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 I/O chip
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 The System C2 hardware uses a 315-5296 I/O chip, as found in many other Sega
 boards. It has 8 internal registers, eight I/O ports, and provides an
 interface to Yamaha FM sound chips.

 Here is a description of the I/O ports. I tested the board in a mini NeoGeo
 cabinet, so some of the button descriptions are specific to the NeoGeo only.

 $840001 - Port A - Player 1 inputs

 D7 : 0= UP pressed, 1= released
 D6 : 0= DOWN pressed, 1= released
 D5 : 0= LEFT pressed, 1= released
 D4 : 0= RIGHT pressed, 1= released
 D3 : 0= Button D pressed, 1= released
 D2 : 0= Button C pressed, 1= released
 D1 : 0= Button B pressed, 1= released
 D0 : 0= Button A pressed, 1= released

 $840003 - Port B - Player 2 inputs

 D7 : 0= UP pressed, 1= released
 D6 : 0= DOWN pressed, 1= released
 D5 : 0= LEFT pressed, 1= released
 D4 : 0= RIGHT pressed, 1= released
 D3 : 0= Button D pressed, 1= released
 D2 : 0= Button C pressed, 1= released
 D1 : 0= Button B pressed, 1= released
 D0 : 0= Button A pressed, 1= released

 $840005 - Port C - Miscellaneous inputs

 D7 : From MB3773P pin 1. (/RESET output)
 D6 : From uPD7759 pin 18. (/BUSY output)
 D5 : From pin 8 of CN2.
 D4 : From pin 7 of CN2.
 D3 : From pin 5 of CN2.
 D2 : From pin 4 of CN2.
 D1 : From pin 3 of CN2.
 D0 : From pin 2 of CN2.

 The trace to D7 comes out of a 74LS244 who's input is the MB3773P /RESET
 signal. It looks like the LS244 is always enabled as far as I can tell,
 so D7 will not be tristated and can't be used for anything else.

 $840007 - Port D - Miscellaneous outputs

 D7 : To pin 3 of JP15. (Watchdog clock control)
 D6 : To MUTE input pin on TDA1518BQ amplifier.
 D5 : To CN2 pin 10. (Unknown purpose)
 D4 : To CN2 pin 11. (Unknown purpose)
 D3 : To CN1 pin K. (Coin lockout 2)
 D2 : To CN1 pin 9. (Coin lockout 1)
 D1 : To CN1 pin J. (Coin meter 2)
 D0 : To CN1 pin 8. (Coin meter 1)

 The I/O chip pins for bits D0-D6 go through a A1603C amplifier, which allows
 large loads to be driven such as the coin meters, lockout hardware, and
 mute switch of the amplifier. Therefore pins 10, 11 of CN2 may be able to
 control lamps or other external hardware.

 $840009 - Port E - Service / Coin inputs

 D7 : Always returns '1'
 D6 : 0= SELECT GAME button pressed, 1= released
 D5 : 0= 2P START button pressed, 1= released
 D4 : 0= 1P START button pressed, 1= released
 D3 : 0= Service switch pressed, 1= released
 D2 : 0= Test switch pressed, 1= released
 D1 : 0= Coin inserted in 1P slot, 1= no coin
 D0 : 0= Coin inserted in 2P slot, 1= no coin

 $84000B - Port F - DIP switch #1

 D7 : Switch #1 is 1=off, 0=on
 D6 : Switch #2 is 1=off, 0=on
 D5 : Switch #3 is 1=off, 0=on
 D4 : Switch #4 is 1=off, 0=on
 D3 : Switch #5 is 1=off, 0=on
 D2 : Switch #6 is 1=off, 0=on
 D1 : Switch #7 is 1=off, 0=on
 D0 : Switch #8 is 1=off, 0=on

 $84000D - Port G - DIP switch #2

 D7 : Switch #1 is 1=off, 0=on
 D6 : Switch #2 is 1=off, 0=on
 D5 : Switch #3 is 1=off, 0=on
 D4 : Switch #4 is 1=off, 0=on
 D3 : Switch #5 is 1=off, 0=on
 D2 : Switch #6 is 1=off, 0=on
 D1 : Switch #7 is 1=off, 0=on
 D0 : Switch #8 is 1=off, 0=on

 $84000F - Port H - Miscellaneous outputs

 D7 : To pin A19 of CN4
 D6 : To pin B19 of CN4
 D5 : ?
 D4 : ?
 D3 : To pin 31 of uPD7759 sample ROM (A18 on a 27C040)
 D2 : To pin 30 of uPD7759 sample ROM (A17 on a 27C040)
 D1 : To A10 of color RAM
 D0 : To A9 of color RAM

 Bits 0,1 are used to control part of the color RAM banking, by selecting
 a 1K bank out of the total 4K of color RAM. The remaining address bits
 come from the EPM5032 EPLD chip and the VDP color bus.

 Bits 2,3 go through a set of jumpers that connect the pins indicated in
 the sample ROM socket to ground or to these pins.

 Bits 4,5 may be additional outputs for selecting the type of EPROM used
 for uPD7759 samples, but I haven't confirmed this.

 Bits 6,7 are outputs to the additional pins of the CN3.

 Protection registers

 $840011 - Returns $53 ('S') when read.
 $840013 - Returns $45 ('E') when read.
 $840015 - Returns $47 ('G') when read.
 $840017 - Returns $41 ('A') when read.

 Writing to these registers does nothing, they are read-only.

 Control registers

 $840019 - ? (Returns $FD when read)
 $84001B - ? (Returns $88 when read)
 $84001D - ? (Returns $FD when read)
 $84001F - ? (Returns $88 when read)

 Bits 2-0 of $84001D controls the state of the CNT2-0 output pins, which are
 used as follows:

 CNT0 - Connected to test point 2.
 CNT1 - ?
 CNT2 - Connected to pin 6 of missing GAL16V8 chip (IC23)

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 Hardware information
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 Audio output

 The left channel output of the YM3438 is connected to the rest of the audio
 mixing and amplification circuitry, the right channel output pin is
 unconnected. So even though a stereo sound chip is used, only mono output
 is available.

 Test points

 TP1 - From pin D of CN1. (+5V source, but missing FLT9 in path)
 TP2 - From CNT0 output of I/O chip. (bit 0 of $84001D)
 TP3 - From CKOT. (FM sound chip clock from I/O chip)
 TP4 - From 68000 pin 26. (FC2)
 TP5 - From 68000 pin 19. (/VMA)
 TP6 - From 68000 pin 20. (E)
 TP7 - From pin B18 of CN4. (additional pin of standard expansion connector)
 TP8 - From 15 of IC36. (where an extra GAL16V8 would go)

 The YM3438 doesn't use the clock signal from the I/O chip.

 Watchdog disable

 Cut the trace going between pin 1 of the Fujitsu MB3773 and a resistor to
 disconnect the /RESET output signal from the watchdog chip.

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 Jumper settings
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 JP5 - EPROM size for IC 31, 32
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 3-2 shorted: EPROMs are 27C020
 2-1 shorted: EPROMs are 27C040

 JP7 - EPROM size for IC 33, 34
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 3-2 shorted: EPROMs are 27C020
 2-1 shorted: EPROMs are 27C040

 JP15 - Watchdog control
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 This jumper normally has pins 2,1 shorted and pin 3 left open. Each pin has
 the following assignment:

 1 - Output from VDP /HSYNC pin which is also shared with pin 13 (an input)
     on the EPM5032 EPLD chip.
 2 - Goes to the MB3773B CK input. (input clock to watchdog chip)
 3 - Output from bit 7 of I/O chip port D.

 It would seem that in the default state, the watchdog chip is prevented from
 causing a reset by receiving the horizontal sync pulse from the VDP.
 However, in my tests the system would always reset, so I disconnected the
 watchdog chip. It could be that /HSYNC was mislabeled in the Genesis
 schematics (JP15 pin 1 goes to VDP pin 43) or that perhaps /HSYNC doesn't
 work as one would expect.

 If the jumper has pins 3-2 shorted instead, then bit 7 of I/O chip port D
 provides the clock signal. I don't know how often bit 7 would have to be
 toggled to keep the watchdog going.

 JP16 - Unknown
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 If pins 2-1 are shorted, the system is temporarily halted.

 JP17-JP20 - uPD7759 EPROM configuration
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 JP17
 Pin 1 - From pin 12 of IC23 (74LS08).
 Pin 2 - Connected to pin 24 of socket. (/OE)
 Pin 3 - Connected to JP18 pin 1. (and something else?)

 JP18
 Pin 1 - Connected to JP17 pin 3. (and something else?)
 Pin 2 - Connected to pin 2 of socket. (A16)
 Pin 3 - Ground

 JP19
 Pin 1 - From bit 2 of I/O chip port H.
 Pin 2 - Connected to pin 30 of socket. (A17)
 Pin 3 - Ground

 JP20
 Pin 1 - From bit 3 of I/O chip port H.
 Pin 2 - Connected to pin 31 of socket. (A18)
 Pin 3 - Ground

 I don't have the complete description of these jumpers, but basically they
 configure certain pins of the EPROM socket to handle chips with different
 capacities.

 In a Puyo Puyo 2 board with a 27C040, all four jumpers have pins 2-1 shorted
 with pin 3 left open.

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 Connector pinouts
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 CN1 (56-pin JAMMA edge connector)

  Not included, it's a standard JAMMA connector.

 CN2 (12-pin right-angle header)

  1 - Ground
  2 - Bit 0 of I/O chip port C
  3 - Bit 1 of I/O chip port C
  4 - Bit 2 of I/O chip port C
  5 - Bit 3 of I/O chip port C
  6 - Ground
  7 - Bit 4 of I/O chip port C
  8 - Bit 5 of I/O chip port C
  9 - (N.C.)
 10 - Bit 5 of I/O chip port D
 11 - Bit 4 of I/O chip port D
 12 - Ground

 Pins 1-5,7-8 are additional inputs, which might be used for other types
 of input devices.

 Pins 10,11 are outputs and are capable of driving large loads. They may
 be used for lamps or other external hardware.

 CN3 (10-pin right-angle header)

  1 - +5V
  2 - +5V
  3 - +5V
  4 - +5V
  5 - (N.C.)
  6 - Ground
  7 - Ground
  8 - Ground
  9 - Ground
 10 - +12V

 CN4 (20-pin two-row header)

 A1  - +5V                      B1  - +5V
 A2  - Ground                   B2  - Ground
 A3  - (N.C.)                   B3  - (N.C.)
 A4  - 68000 A1                 B4  - 68000 A2
 A5  - 68000 A3                 B5  - 68000 A4
 A6  - 68000 A5                 B6  - 68000 D0
 A7  - 68000 D1                 B7  - 68000 D2
 A8  - 68000 D3                 B8  - 68000 D4
 A9  - 68000 D5                 B9  - 68000 D6
 A10 - 68000 D7                 B10 - 68000 /RD
 A11 - 68000 /LWR               B11 - 68000 /UWR
 A12 - /RESET                   B12 - /CS
 A13 - (N.C.)                   B13 - (N.C.)
 A14 - Ground                   B14 - Ground
 A15 - +5V                      B15 - +5V
 A16 - ?                        B16 - ?
 A17 - To CN2 pin 7             B17 - To CN2 pin 8
 A18 - ?                        B18 - ?
 A19 - I/O chip port H bit 6    B19 - I/O chip port H pit 7
 A20 - ?                        B20 - ?

 The chip select signal for pin B12 comes from pin 17 of IC26, which is a
 GAL16V8 labeled as Sega part 315-5395. I don't know where in the memory map
 this is located at.

 I/O chip port C bits 4,5 are inputs connected to pins A17/B17, which are
 also shared with CN2 pins 7,8.

 I/O chip port H bits 6,7 are outputs connected to pins A19/B19.

 Pins 16-20 for both rows are a Sega C2 specific addition to this standard
 type of connector which is used in other Sega boards. (After Burner II,
 Galaxy Force II, System 16B, System 18, System 24) This connector is used
 in other games for an I/O board. (e.g. analog inputs for Heavyweight Champ
 on System 16B, 4-player inputs for D.D. Crew on System 18)

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 Credits and Acknowledgements
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 - Haze for his assistance with c2emu and technical advice.
 - Aaron Giles for documenting the protection scheme.
 - MD Game Sales for the Sega C2 boards.
 - Chris MacDonald for support and testing.

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