System RAM

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The System RAM unit is the only 16-bit RAM available in the Intellivision, and it is mapped into the Intellivision memory map from $0200-$035F. Note that all of the System RAM is used by the STIC and the Executive ROM and is unavailable for general use by the program.

$0200-$02EFBACKground TABle (BACKTAB)
$02F0-$02F0Used by the EXEC to indicate the currently active cartridge header
$02F1-$0318CP1610 Stack. (Upper bound actually determined by the game software.)
$0319-$031CUsed by the Executive ROM for unknown purposes
$031D-$035CUsed by the Executive ROM as a MOB RAM data base
$035D-$035FUsed by the Executive ROM for unknown purposes