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==Memory map==
 
==Memory map==
 
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* 000000-03FFFF - 256Kb of RAM  
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* 000000-03FFFF - 256K bytes of chip RAM
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* 040000-07FFFF - 256K bytes of chip RAM (Amiga 1000 option card)
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* 080000-0FFFFF - 512K bytes of extended chip RAM (to 1 MB)
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* 100000-1FFFFF - 1024K bytes of extended chip RAM (to 2 MB) (on models with ECS or AGA chipsets)
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* 200000-9FFFFF - Primary 8 MB Auto-config space (Fast RAM)
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* A00000-BEFFFF - Reserved
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* BFD000-BFDF00 - 8520-B (access at even-byte addresses only)
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* BFE001-BFEF01 - 8520-A (access at odd-byte addresses only)
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* C00000-D7FFFF - Internal expansion memory (pseudo-fast, Slow RAM on Amiga 500)
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* D80000-DBFFFF - Reserved
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* DC0000-DCFFFF - Real time clock
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* DD0000-DFEFFF - Reserved
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* DFF000-DFFFFF - Custom chip registers
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* E00000-E7FFFF - Reserved
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* E80000-E8FFFF - Auto-config space. Boards appear here before the system relocates them to their final address.
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* E90000-EFFFFF - Secondary auto-config space (usually 64K I/O boards)
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* F00000-FBFFFF - 256K System ROM (Kickstart 2.0)
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* FC0000-FFFFFF - 256K System ROM
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Some special addresses:
 
* 000000-000100 - MC680x0 Exception Vector Assignment table  (if VBR=0)
 
* 000000-000100 - MC680x0 Exception Vector Assignment table  (if VBR=0)
 
* 000004        - Exec base (pointer to exec.library jumptable)  
 
* 000004        - Exec base (pointer to exec.library jumptable)  
* 040000-07FFFF - 256Kb of display RAM (option card)
 
* 080000-1FFFFF - Do not use
 
* 200000-9FFFFF - External expansion space
 
* A00000-BEFFFF - Do not use
 
* BFD000-BFDF00 - 8520-B (access only at EVEN byte addresses)
 
* BFE001-BFEF01 - 8520-A (access only at ODD byte addresses)
 
* C00000-DFEFFF - Reserved for future use
 
* DFF000-DFFFFF - Special purpose chips, where the last three digits specify the chip register WORD address
 
* E00000-E7FFFF - Reserved for future use - do not use
 
* E80000-EFFFFF - Expansion slot decoding
 
* F00000-F7FFFF - Reserved - do not use
 
* F80000-FFFFFF - System ROM
 
 
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Revision as of 21:07, 10 May 2008

Standard amount of memory in the Amiga

  • Amiga 1000 - 256 Kb chip RAM
  • Amiga 500 - 512 Kb chip RAM
  • Amiga 2000 - 512 Kb chip RAM, later 1 MB chip RAM


Memory map

* 000000-03FFFF - 256K bytes of chip RAM
* 040000-07FFFF - 256K bytes of chip RAM (Amiga 1000 option card)
* 080000-0FFFFF - 512K bytes of extended chip RAM (to 1 MB)
* 100000-1FFFFF - 1024K bytes of extended chip RAM (to 2 MB) (on models with ECS or AGA chipsets)
* 200000-9FFFFF - Primary 8 MB Auto-config space (Fast RAM)
* A00000-BEFFFF - Reserved
* BFD000-BFDF00 - 8520-B (access at even-byte addresses only)
* BFE001-BFEF01 - 8520-A (access at odd-byte addresses only)
* C00000-D7FFFF - Internal expansion memory (pseudo-fast, Slow RAM on Amiga 500)
* D80000-DBFFFF - Reserved
* DC0000-DCFFFF - Real time clock
* DD0000-DFEFFF - Reserved
* DFF000-DFFFFF - Custom chip registers
* E00000-E7FFFF - Reserved
* E80000-E8FFFF - Auto-config space. Boards appear here before the system relocates them to their final address.
* E90000-EFFFFF - Secondary auto-config space (usually 64K I/O boards)
* F00000-FBFFFF - 256K System ROM (Kickstart 2.0)
* FC0000-FFFFFF - 256K System ROM


Some special addresses:
* 000000-000100 - MC680x0 Exception Vector Assignment table  (if VBR=0)
* 000004        - Exec base (pointer to exec.library jumptable) 


Sources for this info

  • Amiga Hardware Reference Manual (1986)
  • M68000 Programmer's Reference Manual (1984,fourth edition)
  • amiga-hardware.com (for standard amount of memory)