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<DIV><SPAN class=820005801-10072003><FONT face=Verdana color=#800000 size=2>I
think that I had bad output from MAME's DASM function (believe it or not). I
took pretty much the exact same code and recompiled it with a 6809 compiler, and
it worked.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=820005801-10072003><FONT face=Verdana color=#800000
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=820005801-10072003><FONT face=Verdana color=#800000 size=2>I've
also now added an "Insert Listing File" command into FIDE to make uploading
listing files easier. It makes some assumptions on file format, but I can tweak
that as necessary. It basically just writes the equivalent:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=820005801-10072003><FONT face=Verdana color=#800000
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<DIV><SPAN class=820005801-10072003><FONT face=Verdana color=#800000
size=2> REGF = 0000 !! change to your base
address</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=820005801-10072003><FONT face=Verdana color=#800000
size=2> write @REGF = xx</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=820005801-10072003><FONT face=Verdana color=#800000
size=2> write @REGF inc = xx</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=820005801-10072003><FONT face=Verdana color=#800000
size=2> write @REGF inc = xx</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=820005801-10072003><FONT face=Verdana color=#800000
size=2> !! ... etc</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=820005801-10072003><FONT face=Verdana color=#800000
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=820005801-10072003><FONT face=Verdana color=#800000 size=2>So
that it's not too hard to get started with running code from memory. I'll upload
a new FIDE executable/installer by this weekend. If you want it before then, let
me know.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=820005801-10072003><FONT face=Verdana color=#800000
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=820005801-10072003><FONT face=Verdana color=#800000
size=2>So... what you can use this for is writing fast memory test routines that
operate at uProc speed. You do have to write it in assembly, but once you do it
for one platform, you can pretty much reuse that same code. There is also a
Troubleshooter article that explains how you can tell when your program is done
executing. (Requires a probe.)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana><FONT color=#800000><FONT size=2>J<SPAN
class=820005801-10072003>B</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
owner-techtoolslist@www.flippers.com
[mailto:owner-techtoolslist@www.flippers.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>James S.
Bright<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 09, 2003 3:44 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
TechToolsList@flippers.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Loading a compiled program;
Run UUT<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well, I think I identified one problem. I took
what should be valid 6809 code and ran it through an assembler (with emulator)
that I found. I believe that I have the correct approach (similar to what you
did) but my loaded code wasn't correct. Actually, that's probably a good thing
because that is easy enough for me to fix. I was hoping to lift a RAM test
routine right from Qix, but it's not so hard that I couldn't just re-write it
myself.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>JB</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>--James Bright<BR><A
href="http://www.QuarterArcade.com">www.QuarterArcade.com</A><BR>Restored
Arcade Games for your Home</DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=mike@the-coates.com href="mailto:mike@the-coates.com">Mike
Coates</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=TechToolsList@flippers.com
href="mailto:TechToolsList@flippers.com">TechToolsList@flippers.com</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 09, 2003 3:19
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Loading a compiled
program; Run UUT</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=201211519-09072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
did a small piece of script to read and write 32 bit numbers on a 68000
based board (to try and get an encryption table built up)
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=201211519-09072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=201211519-09072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>the CPU is fast enough that by the time the fluke runs the next
instruction, the CPU has already written the 32 bit number and is on the
HERE: BRA HERE loop so I didn;t need to worry about syncronisation between
the two</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=201211519-09072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=201211519-09072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>output is to a PC on the end of the RS232 option</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=201211519-09072003></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=201211519-09072003>---</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=201211519-09072003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=201211519-09072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2> DPY-RALLY ENCRYPTION<BR> DPY-+-PRESS
CONT<BR> STOP</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=201211519-09072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2> WRITE @ 200000 = 23FC<BR> WRITE @ 200004 =
0006<BR> WRITE @ 200006 = 0010<BR> WRITE @ 200008 =
0000<BR> WRITE @ 20000A = 60FE</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=201211519-09072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2> REG1 = 0<BR> REG2 = FFFF<BR>
AUX-<BR>1: LABEL 1<BR> WRITE @ 200002 = REG1<BR> RUN
UUT 200000<BR> READ @ 100000<BR>
AUX-$1+<BR> AUX- +<BR> AUX-$E+<BR> READ
@ 100002<BR> AUX- +<BR> AUX-$E</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=201211519-09072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2> INC REG1<BR> IF REG2 >= REG1 GOTO
1<BR> <BR> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
owner-techtoolslist@www.flippers.com
[mailto:owner-techtoolslist@www.flippers.com]<B>On Behalf Of </B>James S.
Bright<BR><B>Sent:</B> 09 July 2003 14:18<BR><B>To:</B>
techtoolslist@flippers.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Loading a compiled program;
Run UUT<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Has anyone done this before? Building a
compiled program, loading it byte by byte into memory, and then doing Run
UUT? I was playing around with this last night, but I couldn't get it to
work. (6809E based system). Could be lots of things at this point, and I'm
going to review the Troubleshooter documentation, but I thought I'd ask.
Talk of testing RAMs made me think to try a few tests to see how easy it
would be to build a "fast RAM" tester. I just took a snippet of code from
the Qix self-test and wanted to run a modified version of that. However,
even a simple test where I'm writing to a specific address did not seem to
work. Been a looong time since I wrote assembly, and I've never had to
bother looking at the generated op codes! The code was relocatable
code.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>On a related note, it appears that it's
possible to write some z80 code that could be executed by the 9010A base
unit. You can't use the Fluke compiler, however, because you'd need to
have a slightly different record structure for the program. This is part
of the reason that I was asking about interest level in a new compiler.
That, and the fact that there are gaps in the programming language that
might be easy to fill.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>JB</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>--James Bright<BR><A
href="http://www.QuarterArcade.com">www.QuarterArcade.com</A><BR>Restored
Arcade Games for your
Home</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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