Date   : Tue, 18 Jul 2006 23:28:54 +0000
From   : Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...>
Subject: Re: 6502 copro diagnostics?

Sprow wrote:
> In article <44BB9ACA.8070302@...>,
>    Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...> wrote:
>> Ian Wolstenholme wrote:
>>> Maybe the tried and trusted method of plugging it into a Beeb
>>> and seeing if the "Acorn 6502 Tube 64K" message comes up!!??
>> Yes, that's an obvious first test (well, after validating PSU lines!) - 
>> but does the on-board firmware do a RAM test as part of startup? 
> 
> Nope. It doesn't even size it (like the host BBC does, 16 or 32k), just
> copies the ROM image into RAM and jumps with fingers crossed,
> Sprow.

ta. :)

I tried the copro earlier and it initialised OK, so it seems reasonably 
healthy - soon as I've worked out options for getting the SSD data containing 
the diags on to a real disk I'm away...

Right, I think I've used up my message posting quota for the next month :-)

cheers

J.