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@ -141,17 +141,29 @@ To see if everything built correctly, type:
make hello
```
and you should be rewarded with the classic `Hello, world.` being printed out to the terminal from the portable PLASMA VM, which is able to directly execute simple PLASMA modules.
and you should be rewarded with the classic `Hello, world.` being printed out to the terminal from the portable PLASMA VM, which is able to directly execute simple PLASMA modules. Now, enter:
```
make test
```
There should be a screenful of gibberish. This is a test suite to run through a large chunk of PLASMA's functionality for a quick sannity check, including dynamic module loading: `TESTLIB` in this case.
### Target VM
You will notice the name of the `HELLO` module shows up as `HELLO#FE1000` in the directory listing. This follows the naming scheme used by the [CiderPress](https://github.com/fadden/ciderpress) program used to transfer files into and out of Apple II disk images. The `#` character separates the base filename from the metadata used for the file type and auxiliary information. In order to run the HELLO module on a real or emulated Apple II requires copying the `PLASMA.SYSTEM#FF2000`, `CMD#FF2000`, and `HELLO#FE1000` to a ProDOS disk image. You can find the ProDOS 1.9 system in the `PLASMA/sysfiles/PRODOS#FF0000` file; this is a convenience for building a bootable disk image from scratch. On the real or emulated Apple II, boot the ProDOS disk image. You will see a PLASMA introduction, then a command prompt. For this example, type:
You will notice the name of the `HELLO` module shows up as `HELLO#FE1000` in the directory listing. This follows the naming scheme used by the [CiderPress](https://github.com/fadden/ciderpress) program used to transfer files into and out of Apple II disk images. The `#` character separates the base filename from the metadata used for the file type and auxiliary information. In order to run the HELLO module on a real or emulated Apple II requires copying the `PLASMA.SYSTEM#FF2000`, `CMD#FF2000`, `HELLO#FE1000`, `TEST#FE1000`, and `TESTLIB#FE1000` to a ProDOS disk image. You can find the ProDOS 1.9 system in the `PLASMA/sysfiles/PRODOS#FF0000` file; this is a convenience for building a bootable disk image from scratch. On the real or emulated Apple II, boot the ProDOS disk image. You will see a PLASMA introduction, then a command prompt. For this example, type:
```
+HELLO
```
to run the module. You will be rewarded with `Hello, world.` printed to the screen, or `HELLO, WORLD.` on an uppercase-only Apple ][.
to run the module. You will be rewarded with `Hello, world.` printed to the screen, or `HELLO, WORLD.` on an uppercase-only Apple ][. Finally, enter:
```
+TEST
```
and you should see the same screenful of gibberish you saw from the portable VM, but on the Apple II this time. Both VMs are running the exact same module binaries. To view the source of these modules refer to `PLASMA/src/samplesrc/hello.pla`, `PLASMA/src/samplesrc/test.pla`, and `PLASMA/src/sammplesrc/testlib.pla`. To get even more insight into the compiled source, view the corresponding `.a` files.
# Tutorial