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justin-davisJustin Davis 08/14/2019 at 15:360 Comments

The RAM appears to be working ok.  I haven't done an exhaustive test, but I'll get to that soon.  I just wanted to make sure I could read/write using the legacy memory modes.  I haven't checked out the new memory access modes yet.  So I'm getting low on the things which may not be working.  This means I may have to try more intricate tests.  I figure why not try the fibonacci code with a slight modification.  It would be slightly more interesting and use the RAM a little more.

  // RAM tester
  byteProgram(0x0000, 0x0000);  // ld (0b0000, AC)      // value to load into blinkenlights LEDs |OOOO|
  byteProgram(0x0001, 0x1800);  // ld (0x00, OUT)       // Prepare XOUT update, hSync goes down, RGB to black
  byteProgram(0x0002, 0x1840);  // ld (0b01000000, OUT) // hSync goes up (bit 6), updating XOUT

  byteProgram(0x0003, 0xC005);  // st 0x05 [0x05]       // write to RAM [0,D] where d=5  a value of 0x05
  byteProgram(0x0004, 0x0105);  // ld [0x05], AC        // read from RAM [0,D] where d=5 to AC
  byteProgram(0x0005, 0x1200);  // ld (ac,x)            // move AC to X
  byteProgram(0x0006, 0x1800);  // ld (0x00, OUT)       // Prepare XOUT update, hSync goes down, RGB to black
  byteProgram(0x0007, 0x1840);  // ld (0b01000000, OUT) // hSync goes up (bit 6), updating XOUT and blinkenlights expect: |*0*0|

  byteProgram(0x0008, 0xC40A);  // st 0x0A,[x]          // write to RAM [0,X] a value of 0x0A
  byteProgram(0x0009, 0x0500);  // ld [x]               // read from RAM [0,X] to AC
  byteProgram(0x000A, 0x1600);  // ld ac,y              // move AC to Y
  byteProgram(0x000B, 0x1800);  // ld (0x00, OUT)       // Prepare XOUT update, hSync goes down, RGB to black
  byteProgram(0x000C, 0x1840);  // ld (0b01000000, OUT) // hSync goes up (bit 6), updating XOUT and blinkenlights expect: |0*0*|

  byteProgram(0x000D, 0xC803);  // st 0x03,[y,0x03]     // write to RAM [Y,D] at 0x03  a value of 0x03
  byteProgram(0x000E, 0x0903);  // ld [y,0x03]          // read from RAM [Y,D] where d=0 to AC
  byteProgram(0x000F, 0x1800);  // ld (0x00, OUT)       // Prepare XOUT update, hSync goes down, RGB to black
  byteProgram(0x0010, 0x1840);  // ld (0b01000000, OUT) // hSync goes up (bit 6), updating XOUT and blinkenlights expect: |**00|

  byteProgram(0x0011, 0xCC0E);  // st 0x0E,[x,y]        // write to RAM [Y,X] a value of 0x0E
  byteProgram(0x0012, 0x0d00);  // ld [y,x]             // read from RAM [Y,X] to AC
  byteProgram(0x0013, 0x1800);  // ld (0x00, OUT)       // Prepare XOUT update, hSync goes down, RGB to black
  byteProgram(0x0014, 0x1840);  // ld (0b01000000, OUT) // hSync goes up (bit 6), updating XOUT and blinkenlights expect: |0***|

  byteProgram(0x0015, 0xFC00);  // bra (0x00)           // unconditional branch back to 0
  byteProgram(0x0016, 0x0200);  // nop                  // nop for pipelining simplification

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