Wanted : Copy of the N64 RCP Documentation

I've got my nice "new" Ultra64 Board today ^^. As a completition, i am looking for a copy of the RCP Chip documentation, to proof that it exists at all :drinkers (if it does).
Anyone that feels interested, or has any suggestions PM me.
:smt033
Ciao
Kammedo

 

Acc that :drinkers was supposed to be an Emoticon (NT)

Bah.

 

I have a few N64 docs ("kantan") and some unofficial N64 docs... but no official stuff on the RCP. Wasn't all official dev done using libultra?

 

Re: Acc that :drinkers was supposed to be an Emoticon (NT

:smt082

 

just little about RCP find in n64 Online Manuals 5.0 :smt009

RCP
= Reality Co-Processor.

RCP task scheduler
Controls the execution order of tasks processed in the RCP. There are two kinds of tasks: graphics tasks and audio tasks, and the latter have priority of execution. If an audio task arises during the execution of a graphics task, the graphics task is interrupted and execution of the audio task is given priority.

graphics (RCP) overrun
The condition where the processing of a graphics task in the RSP is not completed in 1 blank.

graphics task
A graphics task collects various graphics processes (the graphics display list) together into a series of procedures. It is created by the CPU and processed by the RCP.

microcode
Microprogram instructions put together in the processor (RCP) to control the actions of logic units, registers, control flags, etc. By substituting different microcode you can add and modify functionality.

resource
Something used by a thread or a task. For example, the CPU, memory, an I/O device, and the RCP are all resources

~ and here is......hehehehe...




*
* Here is a quick overview of the RCP memory map:
*

0x0000_0000 .. 0x03ef_ffff RDRAM memory
******************* RDRAM registers

RCP registers (see below)
0x0400_0000 .. 0x040f_ffff SP registers
******************* DP command registers
******************* DP span registers
******************* VI registers
******************* AI registers
******************* PI registers
******************* RI registers
******************* SI registers
******************* unused

******************* cartridge domain 2
******************* cartridge domain 1
******************* cartridge domain 2
0x1000_0000 .. 0x1fbf_ffff cartridge domain 1

0x1fc0_0000 .. 0x1fc0_07bf PIF Boot Rom (1984 bytes)
******************* PIF (JoyChannel) RAM (64 bytes)
0x1fc0_0800 .. 0x1fcf_ffff Reserved
******************* cartridge domain 1
******************* external SysAD device

The Indy development board use cartridge domain 1:
0x1000_0000 .. 0x10ff_ffff RAMROM
******************* GIO interrupt (6 bits valid in 4 bytes)
******************* GIO sync (6 bits valid in 4 bytes)
0x1800_0800 .. 0x1800_0803 CART interrupt (6 bits valid in 4 bytes)

sorry " ******************* " is i'm cover it :smt043

 

RPC

 

Yes, at development level you do....but there's another documentation on the actual HW layout of the CHIP somewhere

 

may be...RCP just use R4300 to emu it ? did not have real HW .

 

why does your name instill the word 'byuu' in my head? anyway I too have some kantan docs if you want them.

 

:drinkers:
Uhm...i don't think i understood what you mean :smt009
.....anyway, i had some more digging in the whole thing i got and discovered that the books im looking after should cover the microcode of the RSP (the infabulous F3DEX etc used for managing the display list)....i fear that the books in question are internal to SGI.....arrr
:smt067

 

:smt043
ynt.darkmazda.com
Maybe for that reason?
As for the kantan docs, that's what i have in the "Kantan" subdir :

Folders:
step1
step2
step3
step4

Files:
index.html
rireki.html

Uhm.....why did the Name "corlett" come to my mind while i was writing this reply?

 

Why oh why do I get the urge to use the word "panegyric" as much as possible?

 

not sure... but lets just say I had a bad run in with byuu in the past... it resulted in about a year of therapy. Be careful around him... he got to me while I was maliable, besides... he worked for AOL.... lol. My friend scanned in his kantan docs for me, He printed them out. I gave you the small list of what I have via PM. And no I have nothing to do with Neill though I am involved in the same kind of business as those guys... though its not really a business.

 

:smt030
Eh? What do you mean exactly? We worked together on a Bahamut Lagoon (SFC RPG), which wasnt released becasue Dejap (ww.dejap.com) finished it before us....but i must say i didnt had a bad time with him at all... :drinkers:

 

lets continue this conversation in PM so we dont clutter up your thread.