From 7b8b2fc0cbe82d9954169f83f54ea1385fd04d02 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Harte <thomas.harte@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:39:29 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Extend definition of LIC.

---
 Processors/6809/6809.hpp | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Processors/6809/6809.hpp b/Processors/6809/6809.hpp
index 3dea07049..526c201df 100644
--- a/Processors/6809/6809.hpp
+++ b/Processors/6809/6809.hpp
@@ -108,8 +108,13 @@ enum class Line {
 };
 
 enum class LIC {
-	Active,
-	Inactive,
+	Active,				// LIC is active.
+	Inactive,			// LIC is inactive.
+
+	InstructionFetch,	// LIC is inactive, and this is an instruction fetch. LIC's stated purpose is so that observers
+						// can detect instruction fetches by watching for its trailing edge. As an emulation nicety,
+						// and pragmatically because it's doable without additional cost, this implementation directly
+						// signals InstructionFetch so that interested observers don't need to maintain their own state.
 };
 
 enum Vector: uint16_t {