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* is modular, allowing as much code reuse within the application as is practical;
* is unit-testable, to the extent that C allows, and maintains a high level of code coverage.
## Updates (Jan 18, 2018)
I thought I'd write something on the state of the emulator. Here's
what's done so far:
* We have fully implemented the MOS 6502 processor support for the Apple
II, and we have much of the infrastructure to emulate an Apple II
machine in place now.
* Memory organization is principally complete. There's a lot of memory
in the Apple II! You have main memory, auxiliary memory,
bank-switchable memory, read-only memory. Early on, we implemented
memory map support for vm_segments, which is something that has
been flexible enough to support all of the types of soft-switches
that the Apple II has to control access to said memory (as well as
for many other functions).
* There's a basic disassembler in place for the 6502 support, which has
been incredibly helpful in identifying where we have had functional
breakdowns in terms of proper execution and bootstrapping of the
"machine".
* We're up to 169 tests as of the time of this writing, which is
awesome!
We do have a lot of stuff done for the graphics system, but there's a
lot more to go; getting graphics and text working as intended is my next
goal. I'm hopeful this will lead us to a point where erc is usable with
general disk images of software.
Some ideas for the future:
* An assembler that could splice a program into multiple disk images
* Commadore 64 support (which will be difficult, as I've used a
Commadore maybe...one time? Two times?)
## Running
Right now, erc is mostly unusable; large components of it are still being built out. However, if you do run it, you will see a string that reads: