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Re: Prodos8 2.0.3 info

From David Schmidt <schmidtd@my-deja.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.apple2.programmer
Subject Re: Prodos8 2.0.3 info
Date 2016-08-15 17:36 -0400
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On 8/15/2016 4:49 PM, John Brooks wrote:
> On Monday, August 15, 2016 at 10:45:33 AM UTC-7, schmidtd wrote:
>> On 8/14/2016 12:37 AM, John Brooks wrote:
>>> [...]
>>> I still need to get all the P8 drivers & 40-col quit code to pure 6502, fix the P8 startup to work on 6502 systems, and do lots of testing (any volunteers?), but it's looking good so far.
>>
>> I think I can come up with a few tests.
>
> That would be great! My first computer was a ][+, but I haven't used one in over 30 years since I moved to the //e when it came out.
>
> One oddity is that when I boot my ProDOS 2.4 on the ][+ emulators, I see a flashing period in the upper left corner of the screen. Thinking this was a bug due to my 6502 changes, I booted ProDOS 1.9 to check the 'correct' reference behavior, but it had the same problem. The flashing period seems to go away if I turn off the emulator's slot-3 80 column card support, but now I'm uncertain about whether this is a problem with the emulators or a bug in ProDOS.
>
> Any ideas on the above, and/or any tests you think are good for initial P8 validation?

[arg, reply vs. follow-up strikes again]

Yes, the period is the code trying to initialize the 80 column firmware. 
  I am a stickler for II+ compatibility, as a few other devs will attest.

My tests would be to see if ADTPro can enumerate devices in a sane way 
(and of course repeated read-write cycles produces identical disk 
images), that a really crowded list of devices gets re-mapped correctly 
as 2.0.3 will but 1.9 won't, and that running an SPF torture-test 
doesn't cause any undue harm.

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Prodos8 2.0.3 info John Brooks <jbrooks@blueshiftinc.com> - 2016-07-28 20:17 -0700
  Re: Prodos8 2.0.3 info Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2016-07-31 00:07 -0500
    Re: Prodos8 2.0.3 info John Brooks <jbrooks@blueshiftinc.com> - 2016-07-30 22:26 -0700
      Re: Prodos8 2.0.3 info Oliver Schmidt <ol.sc@web.de> - 2016-07-31 09:26 +0000
        Re: Prodos8 2.0.3 info John Brooks <jbrooks@blueshiftinc.com> - 2016-07-31 08:25 -0700
          Re: Prodos8 2.0.3 info dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-08-01 09:05 +1200
            Re: Prodos8 2.0.3 info Antoine Vignau <antoine.vignau@laposte.net> - 2016-07-31 22:56 -0700
            Re: Prodos8 2.0.3 info Oliver Schmidt <ol.sc@web.de> - 2016-08-01 12:29 +0000
              Re: Prodos8 2.0.3 info Antoine Vignau <antoine.vignau@laposte.net> - 2016-08-01 08:45 -0700
              Re: Prodos8 2.0.3 info John Brooks <jbrooks@blueshiftinc.com> - 2016-08-09 20:43 -0700
                Re: Prodos8 2.0.3 info Antoine Vignau <antoine.vignau@laposte.net> - 2016-08-09 22:50 -0700
                Re: Prodos8 2.0.3 info Oliver Schmidt <ol.sc@web.de> - 2016-08-10 07:12 -0700
                Re: Prodos8 2.0.3 info John Brooks <jbrooks@blueshiftinc.com> - 2016-08-10 08:52 -0700
                Re: Prodos8 2.0.3 info D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2016-08-10 16:12 +0000
                Re: Prodos8 2.0.3 info gids.rs@sasktel.net - 2016-08-10 22:27 -0700
                Re: Prodos8 2.0.3 info gids.rs@sasktel.net - 2016-08-10 22:35 -0700
                Re: Prodos8 2.0.3 info Michael Pohoreski <michael.pohoreski@gmail.com> - 2016-08-11 08:31 -0700
                Re: Prodos8 2.0.3 info John Brooks <jbrooks@blueshiftinc.com> - 2016-08-11 10:32 -0700
                Re: Prodos8 2.0.3 info Michael Pohoreski <michael.pohoreski@gmail.com> - 2016-08-11 12:35 -0700
                Re: Prodos8 2.0.3 info qkumba <peter.ferrie@gmail.com> - 2016-08-12 09:24 -0700
                Re: Prodos8 2.0.3 info Michael Pohoreski <michael.pohoreski@gmail.com> - 2016-08-12 10:08 -0700
  Re: Prodos8 2.0.3 info John Brooks <jbrooks@blueshiftinc.com> - 2016-08-13 21:37 -0700
    Re: Prodos8 2.0.3 info Antoine Vignau <antoine.vignau@laposte.net> - 2016-08-14 15:32 -0700
    Re: Prodos8 2.0.3 info Michael Pohoreski <michael.pohoreski@gmail.com> - 2016-08-15 09:10 -0700
      Re: Prodos8 2.0.3 info John Brooks <jbrooks@blueshiftinc.com> - 2016-08-15 13:41 -0700
        Re: Prodos8 2.0.3 info Michael Pohoreski <michael.pohoreski@gmail.com> - 2016-08-16 18:19 -0700
          Re: Prodos8 2.0.3 info geoff body <gbody4@bigpond.com> - 2016-08-17 07:49 -0700
            Re: Prodos8 2.0.3 info John Brooks <jbrooks@blueshiftinc.com> - 2016-08-17 10:04 -0700
    Re: Prodos8 2.0.3 info David Schmidt <schmidtd@my-deja.com> - 2016-08-15 13:45 -0400
      Re: Prodos8 2.0.3 info John Brooks <jbrooks@blueshiftinc.com> - 2016-08-15 13:49 -0700
        Re: Prodos8 2.0.3 info David Schmidt <schmidtd@my-deja.com> - 2016-08-15 17:36 -0400
        Re: Prodos8 2.0.3 info Oliver Schmidt <ol.sc@web.de> - 2016-08-16 09:56 +0000

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