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authorAstrid Smith2010-06-12 18:36:28 -0700
committerAstrid Smith2010-06-12 18:36:28 -0700
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README and TODO updates
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@@ -13,7 +13,21 @@ This project has a long and barren history, beginning with my first
contemplation of an emulator similar in interface to Macsbug -- in
September 2002. That foray fizzled after a long email thread with
Michael Vincent. The current iteration was sparked by a comment on
-IRC by Brandon Wilson, on June 6 2010.
+IRC by Brandon Wilson, on June 6 2010:
+
+ <BrandonW> chronomex, you should create a z80 emulator for the 68k calculators.
+ <chronomex> that sounds like a capital idea
+ <chronomex> I started and abandoned such a project in *2002*
+ <chronomex> http://students.washington.edu/f/projects/ti/ti83pemu.shtml
+ <BrandonW> I think we desperately need it.
+ <chronomex> yeah?
+ <chronomex> why is MulTI inadequate?
+ <BrandonW> My understanding is that it just runs select programs.
+ <BrandonW> Right?
+ <chronomex> I have not looked into it at all
+ <chronomex> well other than finding the webpage
+ <BrandonW> We need to be able to run the TI-OS.
+
The most difficult challenge in writing a 68k-hosted emulator
targetting the z80 is making it _fast_. TI-83+ calculators have a
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## TODO list:
* Work a [testbench](http://math.tkk.fi/~mnummeli/tite/spectrum/z80util/#testbench) into the emulator. This would involve writing a Java harness to talk to the calculator.
+
+* Alternately, adapt the testbench program from YAZE to the TI-83+.