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Source Documents

The original source files this reference is built from. Click any entry to open or download it. Text = has an extractable text layer; Scanned = image-only (transcribed via rendered pages); Schematic/image = a drawing or bitmap.

Core system

File Type Description / used by
TechRef_V10.pdf Text Technical Reference — console hardware, memory map, video timing, controllers, audio, cartridges. Used by memory-map, video-clocks-timing, hardware-bugs, cartridges, connectors-power, controllers, audio.
SoftRef_V10.pdf Text Software Reference (Tom & Jerry) — the programmer’s model. Used by overview, object-processor, gpu, blitter, color-cry, dsp, audio, serial-io, risc-instruction-set.
TechOver_V10.pdf Text Technical Overview. Used by overview, blitter.
Other Documents/…/HWBugs (Atari Original).pdf Scanned Original Hardware Bugs & Warnings. Used by hardware-bugs.

The “Version 10” PDFs are community restorations (© Stephen Moss, 2021) of the original Atari documentation.

CD-ROM subsystem

File Type Description / used by
CD-ROM.pdf Scanned The Jaguar CD-ROM developer manual. Source for all of the CD-ROM docs.
Schematics/Jaguar CD ROM.pdf Schematic CD-ROM unit schematic. Used by cdrom/hardware.
Other Documents/Jag CD testpro4.pdf Text CD-ROM drive-module manufacturing test spec. Used by cdrom/hardware.

Known gap: the CD-ROM.pdf scan has 39 images for a manual whose printed pages run 1–40 — printed page 4 is missing (between “Some Definitions” and §2 “Jaguar CD-ROM BIOS”). No BIOS/programming content appears lost. Worth sourcing a complete scan if found.

Controllers & schematics

File Type Used by
Schematics/Jaguar Standard Controller.pdf Text controllers, connectors-power
Schematics/Jaguar Pro Controller.pdf Text controllers, connectors-power
Schematics/Jaguar Rotary Controller.pdf Text controllers, connectors-power (Tempest)
Schematics/Jaguar Team Tap.pdf Text controllers, connectors-power (4-player)
Schematics/Jaguar Schemaic (Clear).pdf · PNG Schematic Console schematic — connectors-power
Schematics/jagcart.gif Image Cartridge pinout — connectors-power

Older / alternate references (cross-check only)

File Type Notes
Other Documents/TechRef V8/TechRef V8.PDF (txt) Text Earlier Technical Reference; ships with a text extraction.
Other Documents/Midsummer Tech Ref Version 6.pdf Text “Midsummer” chipset tech ref (large, detailed).
Other Documents/Jaguar TechRef (Flair II - 1992).pdf Scanned Early (1992) Flair II tech ref.
Other Documents/Original version of updated documents/ Scanned Original Atari scans (HWBugs, Index, SoftRef, TechOver, TechRef) later restored as the V10 set.

Supporting / general

File Type Notes
Index_V10.pdf Text The original documentation index.

Peripherals & examples

File Type Used by
VModem.pdf Scanned peripherals/voice-modem
Samples.pdf Scanned examples/sample-programs (copyright-library samples excluded)
Appendix.pdf Scanned overview, object-processor, gpu, blitter, dsp, audio — hardware FAQ & programming tips only (dev-system/toolchain, UI standards, and production guidelines excluded)

Not yet written (deferred)

File Type Topic
Workshop.pdf Scanned Object-processor / Blitter worked-example tutorials.

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