[MAME]

Motherboard Layout
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SUPER-KANEKO-NOVA-SYSTEM
MAIN-BOARD-A
NEP-16


   BATT                                      HM514260
   CR2032                       SKNSA1       HM514260       SH2
            W24257                          LH5168
YMZ280B-F   W24257   BABY004  LATTICE  SW1  M62X42
                              pLSI1016
  HITACHI          28.636MHz 33.3333MHz
  DF1                        21.504MHz
J D49307     ALTAIR                   DENEB
             BY006-224                BY007-32F
A            (QFP208)                 (QFP208)

M                  W24257  W24257           HM514260
            /-     W24257  W24257                                 /-
M VEGA      ||             W24257  SPCII-B  HM514260              ||
  BY005-197 ||             W24257  JH-6186                        ||
A (QFP144)  ||                     (QFP208)                       ||
            ||                               W24257               ||
  DSW1(8)   ||      VIEWIII-A      SPCII-A   W24257 LH540202      ||
            ||      BL-001         JH-4181   W24257               ||
            \-      (QFP240)       (QFP208)  W24257               \-
  OKIM6253


Notes:
      SKNSA1 is BIOS (Asia)
      HM514260, W24257, LH5168, M62X42 all smt SRAM
      LH540202 is DIP SRAM


Cart Layout
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SUPER-KANEKO-NOVA-SYSTEM
ROM-BOARD
NEP-16


 /-                                                    /-
 ||SK300-00  *  PAL PAL D431000 D431000  *       *     ||
 ||                                                    ||
 ||                                                    ||
 ||                        *   SK-200-00               ||
 ||          SK01A  SK01A                              ||
 ||          U8     U10    *      *    SK-101 SK-100-00||
 \-                                                    \-

 Notes:
       *: unpopulated position for surface mounted 16MBit SOP44 MASK ROM
       U8 and U10 are socketed 27C040 EPROM
       All other ROMs are surface mounted SOP44 MASK ROM

Cart Layout
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SUPER KANEKO NOVA SYSTEM
ROM 4 BOARD
NEP-16

Top Side:
 /-                                                    /-
 ||SS300-00 SS210-00     SS102-00 SS103-00   SS201-00  ||
 ||U1       U3           U8       U32        U9        ||
 ||                                                    ||
 ||                                                    ||
 || 082*    SG01A  SG01A  #      #                     ||
 ||          U4     U6    U29    U30                   ||
 \-                                                    \-

Bottom Side:
 /-                                                    /-
 ||SS200-00 SS000-00     SS101-00       ^       ^      ||
 ||U17      U21          U20            U24     U26    ||
 ||                                                    ||
 ||                                                    ||
 ||                                  NEC     NEC       ||
 ||                                  D431000 D43100    ||
 \-                                                    \-

* Kaneko (208 pin PQFP)    # Empty sockets for 27C4001 / 27C040
  ROM0                     ^ Empty sockets for uPD23C32000
  082                        Full NEC ram number: D431000AGW-70LL
  9709PK002


Cart Layout
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SUPER-KANEKO-NOVA-SYSTEM
ROM-2-BOARD
NEP-16


 /-                                                    /-
 ||PZL-300-00 * PAL PAL  *   PZL-200-00 PZL-210-00  *  ||
 ||                                                    ||
 ||                             D431000 D431000        ||
 ||                                                    ||
 ||          PZ01U  PZ01U  #    #                      ||
 ||          U8     U10    U43  U44   *   * PZL-100-00 ||
 \-                                                    \-


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[Mar/14/2000]

SUPER KANEKO NOVA SYSTEM
Mother Board BIOS (JPN Ver.)
(c)1996 Kaneko

CPU:	SH-2 (HD6417604F28)
Sound:	YMZ280B-F
OSC:	21.5040MHz
	33.3333MHz
	28.6360MHz


SKNSJ1.U10  BIOS prg. (27040)

Dumped 03/14/2000



[Apr/03/2002]


Kaneko Super Nova System bios program.

Devices are 27c040

The difference between the "bios" programs is the message at 
start-up.....
The Europe bios will say, this game is for Europe only and the
japan "bios" will display a similar message but for use only in Japan...

The color of the Europe cartridges are Blue
The color of the Japanese cartridges are White

The cartridges themselves differ from each other in large ways.
See pictures

The cartridges (both) have surface mounted eproms (not dumped yet)
and 2 socketed standard eproms  (27c4001)

The puzloopJ.u8/u10 are the japanese socketed roms
This uses rom board type 2

PuzloopE.u4/u6 are the Europe socketed roms
This uses rom board type 4

Labels:
puzloopJ.u8 has a label of     PL0J2/U4  (actual location of chip on rom
                                                                   board is U8, not U4

puzloopJ.u10 has a label of    PL0J2/U6  (actual location of chip on rom
                                                                   board is U10, not U6
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
puzloopE.u4 has a label of     PL00E1/U4  (actual location of chip on rom
                                                                   board is U4

puzloopE.u6 has a label of    PL00E1/U6  (actual location of chip on rom
                                                                   board is U6
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Label of Europe "bios" is     SKSE2/U10
Label of Japanese "bios" is     SKNSJ1/U10
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

It should be noted that the cartridges from different regions cannot be 
exchanged on the motherboard.  the motherboard is programmed to 
only recognize it's own regions cartridges.

Mother board for Europe is   "Main-Board-E"
Mother board for Japan is     "Main-board-A"

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