[Coco] CoCoRX

[Mark Marlette]

John makes a great point here. 

It really should be on a cart, otherwise all kinds of assumptions are being made to get the program loaded. There are assumptions on the pak approach as well, just not so many.


 Mark Marlette
http://www.cloud9tech.com
mark at cloud9tech.com

      From: John W. Linville <linville at tuxdriver.com>
 To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com> 
 Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2015 12:22 PM
 Subject: Re: [Coco] CoCoRX
   
On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 12:12:42PM -0500, Boisy G. Pitre wrote:
> I am working on an idea for a CoCo program…. CoCoRX
> 
> The vision is a complete system test program that checks out a CoCo from top to bottom including:
> 
> - RAM
> - Video
> - Cassette
> - Serial
> - Joysticks
> 
> It’s a 6809 assembly program, and must work on any CoCo. Adaptability to test CoCo 1/2 as well as CoCo 3 features is a must.
> 
> I’d like to make this an open source project on GitHub, but only if I can get committals from people who can contribute.
> 
> If you’re serious about working on this with me and have the 6809 skills and understanding of the components of the CoCo to test, let me know!

I could probably get into this.  I've never really written any diag
stuff, but it could be a good skill to develop.

Are you thinking of using some sort of test harness to exercise
the external ports too?  Will you be producing a cartridge for the
software? :-)

John
-- 
John W. Linville        Someday the world will need a hero, and you
linville at tuxdriver.com            might be all we have.  Be ready.



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