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Re: Dear IIe emulator authors

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On Thursday, February 23, 2017 at 8:21:24 AM UTC-6, Zellyn wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> You might be interested in this (very preliminary) attempt to create a comprehensive test suite for IIe emulators. The idea is to pick up where Klaus Dormann's 6502 tests leave off.
> 
> Right now the high RAM ("language card"-like functionality), auxmem, and softswitch tests are mostly done, and pretty useful. After that it goes into a set of color tests where it generates identical color patterns in two different ways, so you can compare them. (Some jumping of margins is expected).
> 
> I intend to eventually add tests that the floating bus is reading the correct RAM locations on every cycle, and that the vertical blanking signal is cycle-accurate.
> 
> Any other bugs people point out to the IIe functionality in OpenEmulator are likely to become tests here too.
> 
> Hopefully this helps raise the bar for all IIe emulators out there. Although there are no serious problems, none of them currently pass all the language card functionality tests (except OpenEmulator, natch!).
> 
> Enjoy,
> 
> Zellyn

That's fantastic.  The difficulty I had with the 6502 test from Klaus is that I was never quite sure how to interpret it without using a debugger to see what it was doing at any given time.  Is there a list of all the failure modes where it loops on itself -- or did you compile it with the debug feature that was later added?

Curious to hear more.  Also, link to source please? ;)

-B

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Dear IIe emulator authors Zellyn <zellyn@gmail.com> - 2017-02-23 06:21 -0800
  Re: Dear IIe emulator authors BLuRry <brendan.robert@gmail.com> - 2017-02-23 06:59 -0800
    Re: Dear IIe emulator authors Zellyn <zellyn@gmail.com> - 2017-02-23 07:33 -0800
  Re: Dear IIe emulator authors Zellyn <zellyn@gmail.com> - 2017-02-23 07:34 -0800
    Re: Dear IIe emulator authors BLuRry <brendan.robert@gmail.com> - 2017-02-23 14:50 -0800
      Re: Dear IIe emulator authors Zellyn <zellyn@gmail.com> - 2017-02-23 16:14 -0800
      Re: Dear IIe emulator authors Zellyn <zellyn@gmail.com> - 2017-02-23 16:41 -0800
  Re: Dear IIe emulator authors John Brooks <jbrooks@blueshiftinc.com> - 2017-02-23 18:16 -0800
    Re: Dear IIe emulator authors Zellyn <zellyn@gmail.com> - 2017-02-23 19:44 -0800
      Re: Dear IIe emulator authors John Brooks <jbrooks@blueshiftinc.com> - 2017-02-23 20:10 -0800
        Re: Dear IIe emulator authors Zellyn <zellyn@gmail.com> - 2017-02-23 20:24 -0800
          Re: Dear IIe emulator authors Peter Ferrie <peter.ferrie@gmail.com> - 2017-02-24 10:03 -0800
            Re: Dear IIe emulator authors Zellyn <zellyn@gmail.com> - 2017-02-24 10:17 -0800
              Re: Dear IIe emulator authors Peter Ferrie <peter.ferrie@gmail.com> - 2017-02-24 11:57 -0800

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