VRC3 pinout

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VRC3: 18-pin PDIP (mapper 73)

r: connects to PRG ROM
f: connects to Famicom
w: connects to PRG RAM
                 .-\_/-.
  (r) PRG A16 <- |01 18| -- +5V
  (r) PRG /CE <- |02 17| -> WRAM /CE (w)
  (r) PRG A14 <- |03 16| <- R/W      (wfr)
  (r) PRG A15 <- |04 15| <- CPU D3   (wfr)
  (f)      M2 -> |05 14| <- CPU D0   (wfr)
(wfr) CPU A12 -> |06 13| <- CPU D1   (wfr)
 (rf) CPU A13 -> |07 12| <- CPU D2   (wfr)
  (f) CPU A14 -> |08 11| <- /ROMSEL  (f)
          Gnd -- |09 10| -> /IRQ     (f)
                 '-----'

Kaiser seems to have made a subtle upgrade of the VRC3:

National Semiconductor KS202: 20-pin PDIP (canonically iNES Mapper 142)

                 .-\_/-.
(wfr) CPU A12 -> |01 20| -> WRAM /CE (w)
  (f) CPU A13 -> |02 19| <- CPU D3   (wfr)
  (f) CPU A14 -> |03 18| <- R/W      (wfr)
          +5V -- |04 17| <- CPU D0   (wfr)
  (f)      M2 -> |05 16| <- CPU D1   (wfr)
  (r) PRG A14 <- |06 15| <- CPU D2   (wfr)
  (r) PRG A13 <- |07 14| -- GND
  (r) PRG A15 <- |08 13| <- RESET
  (r) PRG A16 <- |09 12| <- /ROMSEL  (f)
  (r) PRG /CE <- |10 11| -> /IRQ     (f)
                 '-----'

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