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# Amiga Address Space
## Overview
The Amiga uses a **24-bit physical address bus** on OCS/ECS machines (68000/68020 effective), giving 16 MB of addressable space. AGA machines with 68030/040 and 32-bit-clean software can address the full 4 GB, but Chip RAM and custom registers remain in the lower 16 MB.
## Memory Map — 24-bit (OCS/ECS, A500/A600/A3000)
```
$000000$1FFFFF Chip RAM (max 2 MB on ECS, 512 KB on OCS A500)
$200000$9FFFFF Fast RAM (expansion via Zorro II autoconfig)
$A00000$BEFFFF Zorro II I/O space
$BFD000$BFDFFF CIA-B (8520, keyboard, floppy motor, disk side)
$BFE001$BFE1FF CIA-A (8520, parallel port, serial flags, timer)
$C00000$C7FFFF Slow RAM ("Ranger", DMA-visible but not fast)
$C80000$CFFFFF Zorro II expansion I/O (boards)
$D00000$D7FFFF Zorro II expansion I/O
$D80000$DBFFFF Reserved / board-specific
$DC0000$DCFFFF Real-Time Clock (MSM6242B / RF5C01A)
$DD0000$DEFFFF Reserved
$DF0000$DFFFFF Custom chip registers ($DFF000$DFF1FE)
$E00000$E7FFFF Kick memory (WCS / Ranger slow RAM mirror)
$E80000$EFFFFF Autoconfig space (Zorro II probe)
$F00000$F7FFFF Extended Kickstart ROM (OS 3.1: second 256 KB)
$F80000$FFFFFF Kickstart ROM (512 KB mirror at top of 16 MB)
```
## Memory Map — 32-bit (AGA, A1200/A4000)
```
$000000$1FFFFF 2 MB Chip RAM
$200000$07FFFFFF Fast RAM (on-board: 416 MB via Ramsey on A4000)
Trapdoor/PCMCIA on A1200
$A00000$BEFFFF Zorro II I/O
$BFD000 CIA-B
$BFE001 CIA-A
$C00000$CFFFFF Slow RAM / board I/O
$D80000$D8FFFF IDE / Gayle (A1200/A4000)
$DA0000$DA3FFF PCMCIA attribute memory (A1200)
$DC0000 RTC
$DFF000$DFFFFF Custom registers
$E00000$E7FFFF Kick mirror / WCS
$F00000$F7FFFF Extended ROM
$F80000$FFFFFF Kickstart ROM (512 KB)
$01000000+ Zorro III expansion (32-bit, A3000/A4000 only)
```
## Memory Type Classification
AmigaOS classifies memory by access flags used in `AllocMem()`:
| MEMF Flag | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `MEMF_ANY` | 0 | No constraint |
| `MEMF_PUBLIC` | 1<<0 | Accessible to all tasks and DMA |
| `MEMF_CHIP` | 1<<1 | Chip RAM accessible to custom chips (DMA) |
| `MEMF_FAST` | 1<<2 | Fast RAM CPU-only, no DMA, faster |
| `MEMF_LOCAL` | 1<<8 | Not mapped out (always present) |
| `MEMF_24BITDMA` | 1<<9 | Addressable within 24-bit space |
| `MEMF_CLEAR` | 1<<16 | Zero-fill before returning |
| `MEMF_REVERSE` | 1<<17 | Allocate from top of memory |
| `MEMF_LARGEST` | 1<<18 | Return size of largest free block |
| `MEMF_TOTAL` | 1<<19 | Return total memory of type |
### Chip RAM Requirement
Custom chip DMA can only access **Chip RAM** (`MEMF_CHIP`). This means:
- Graphics bitmaps rendered by Blitter/Copper must be in Chip RAM
- Audio sample data must be in Chip RAM
- Copper lists must be in Chip RAM
- Sprite data must be in Chip RAM
Fast RAM is **CPU-only** — generally used for code, non-DMA data structures, and stacks.
## Diagram
```mermaid
block-beta
columns 1
block:chip["Chip RAM\n$000000$1FFFFF\n(DMA accessible)"]
block:fast["Fast RAM\n$200000$9FFFFF\n(CPU only, faster)"]
block:zio["Zorro II I/O\n$A00000$BEFFFF"]
block:cia["CIA-A/B\n$BFD000/$BFE001"]
block:slow["Slow/Ranger RAM\n$C00000$C7FFFF"]
block:rtc["RTC $DC0000"]
block:custom["Custom Registers\n$DFF000$DFFFFF"]
block:rom["Kickstart ROM\n$F80000$FFFFFF"]
```
## Key Chip RAM Addresses
| Address | Content |
|---|---|
| $000000$000400 | Exception vector table (copied from ROM) |
| $000004 | `SysBase` pointer (exec library base) |
| $000100 | Copper list scratch area (boot) |
| $000400$001000 | Reserved by OS |
| $001000+ | Free Chip RAM (AvailMem result) |
> [!WARNING]
> Writing to $000000$000400 corrupts the exception table. Writing to $000004 corrupts `SysBase`. These addresses must never be allocated by user code; exec reserves them.
## References
- NDK39: `exec/memory.h` — MEMF_ flag definitions
- ADCD 2.1 Hardware Manual: memory map chapter
- Commodore A1200/A4000 Technical Reference Manuals (local archive)