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.

$0200-$02EFBACKground TABle (BACKTAB)
$02F0-$02F0Used by the Executive ROM as a MOB GRAM Allocation Table Pointer
$02F1-$0318CP1610 Stack
$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

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.