TGHack Info (Mostly TGHack-List Emails)

General:

• Ben Quinn's original CD disassembly (Ben Quinn)
• Program to view Backup Memory (Jens Christian Restemeier/Dave Shadoff) - NEW VERSION !

I/O Devices:

• Description of PCE Mouse communication (David Shadoff)

CD Format:

• CDROM Load-Address info (from sector #2) (David Shadoff)
• CDROM Developer Comments (hidden in Golden Axe data track) (Jens Christian Restemeier)

CD BIOS:

• CDROM BIOS function list (David Shadoff)
• CDROM BIOS functions, pt. 1 (AD_*, CD_BOOT, CD_FADE) (David Woodford)
• CDROM BIOS functions, pt. 2 (more CD_*) (David Michel)
• CDROM BIOS Joystick read function (David Shadoff)
• CDROM BIOS Math functions (David Shadoff)
• PCE Memory Usage (David Shadoff)

CPU-Related:

Video-Related:

• Hu6270 Video Register synopsis (David Shadoff)
• CG Background encoding description (David Michel)

Sound-Related:

• Sound Generator Hardware:
  • Register synopsis (David Shadoff) / (follow-up) (David Michel)

• CDROM Byte-code Music Sequencer / Interpreter:
  • Byte-Code summary (David Shadoff)
  • MML Language summary (reverse-engineered from Develo) (David Shadoff)

Timer Interrupt:

• Timer Interrupt specifics (David Michel)

Hardware Hacks & Info:

• Complete Pinout (newest) of the cartridge port of the PC-Engine (Jerry DaSilva)(1999/05/08)
• Updated Pinout of the backplane and cartridge ports of the PC-Engine (Yoann Michot)
• Pinout of the backplane of the PC-Engine (Joe LoCicero)

• PCE Modification to play US HuCards (still requires converter) (Joe LoCicero)
• Same modification for PCE GT (Keith Lee)

• Modification for RGB video output (Stephan Schirrmann)
• Modification for SCART video output (Mark Campbell)

• Modify old NES joysticks for use on the Turbo/PCE (Joe LoCicero)

Speculation & Imagination:

• How to make a dually-compatible HuCard (US/Japanese) (David Shadoff)

(c) Copyright 1997-1999 by Dave Shadoff