Corrected CRTC timing, gave it someone to talk to and a means with which to talk.

Components/6845/CRTC6845.hpp

@@ -12,12 +12,31 @@
 #include "../../ClockReceiver/ClockReceiver.hpp"
 
 #include <cstdint>
+#include <cstdio>
 
 namespace Motorola {
+namespace CRTC {
 
-class CRTC6845 {
+struct BusState {
+	bool display_enable;
+	bool hsync;
+	bool vsync;
+	bool cursor;
+	uint16_t refresh_address;
+	uint16_t row_address;
+};
+
+template <class T> class CRTC6845 {
 	public:
+		CRTC6845(T &bus_handler) : bus_handler_(bus_handler) {}
+
 		void run_for(Cycles cycles) {
+			int cyles_remaining = cycles.as_int();
+			while(cyles_remaining--) {
+				// TODO: update state (!)
+
+				bus_handler_.perform_bus_cycle(bus_state_);
+			}
 		}
 
 		void select_register(uint8_t r) {
@@ -34,13 +53,18 @@ class CRTC6845 {
 
 		void set_register(uint8_t value) {
 			registers_[selected_register_] = value;
+			if(!selected_register_) printf("Horizontal total: %d\n", value);
 		}
 
 	private:
+		T &bus_handler_;
+		BusState bus_state_;
+
 		uint8_t registers_[16];
 		int selected_register_;
 };
 
+}
 }
 
 #endif /* CRTC6845_hpp */

Machines/AmstradCPC/AmstradCPC.cpp

@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
 
 using namespace AmstradCPC;
 
-Machine::Machine() {
+Machine::Machine() :
+	crtc_counter_(HalfCycles(4)),	// This starts the CRTC exactly out of phase with the memory accesses
+	crtc_(crtc_bus_handler_) {
 	// primary clock is 4Mhz
 	set_clock_rate(4000000);
 }
@@ -20,14 +22,13 @@ HalfCycles Machine::perform_machine_cycle(const CPU::Z80::PartialMachineCycle &c
 	clock_offset_ = (clock_offset_ + cycle.length) & HalfCycles(7);
 	set_wait_line(clock_offset_ >= HalfCycles(2));
 
-	// Update the CRTC on the final two cycles of the clock period;
+	// Update the CRTC once every eight half cycles; aiming for half-cycle 4 as
-	// this gives properly serialised memory accesses without having
+	// per the initial seed to the crtc_counter_, but any time in the final four
-	// to emulate a buffer.
+	// will do as it's safe to conclude that nobody else has touched video RAM
-	crtc_offset_ += cycle.length;
+	// during that whole window
-	while(crtc_offset_ >= HalfCycles(8)) {
+	crtc_counter_ += cycle.length;
-		crtc_.run_for(Cycles(2));
+	int crtc_cycles = crtc_counter_.divide(HalfCycles(8)).as_int();
-		crtc_offset_ -= HalfCycles(8);
+	if(crtc_cycles) crtc_.run_for(Cycles(1));
-	}
 
 	// Stop now if no action is strictly required.
 	if(!cycle.is_terminal()) return HalfCycles(0);

Machines/AmstradCPC/AmstradCPC.hpp

@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ enum ROMType: uint8_t {
 	AMSDOS
 };
 
+struct CRTCBusHandler {
+	inline void perform_bus_cycle(const Motorola::CRTC::BusState &state) {
+	}
+};
+
 class Machine:
 	public CPU::Z80::Processor<Machine>,
 	public CRTMachine::Machine,
@@ -48,9 +53,12 @@ class Machine:
 
 	private:
 		std::shared_ptr<Outputs::CRT::CRT> crt_;
-		Motorola::CRTC6845 crtc_;
+
+		CRTCBusHandler crtc_bus_handler_;
+		Motorola::CRTC::CRTC6845<CRTCBusHandler> crtc_;
+
 		HalfCycles clock_offset_;
-		HalfCycles crtc_offset_;
+		HalfCycles crtc_counter_;
 
 		uint8_t ram_[65536];
 		std::vector<uint8_t> os_, basic_;