Here is the instructions for memory tests, CDAT is on page 3.
http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/swtbug/MemoryDiagnostic.pdf
The CDAT memory diagnostic can be used to help locate memory problems in a
SWTPC 6800 computer system that MEMCON and ROBIT may miss. The program itself
resides entirely within the 128 byte SWTBUG® RAM. The program must be loaded in
two parts to avoid interfering with the systems push down stack. The contiguous
section of memory to be tested is set by loading the most significant byte of
the lower memory address into A002, the least significant byte into A003, the
most significant byte of the upper memory address in A004 and its least
significant byte in A005. The low address must be less than or equal to the
upper address. The test starts from the low address and writes a 00 into all
memory up to the high address. An FF is then written into the first address and
all other locations are checked to be sure they contain 00. If all are OK the
FF is replaced with a 00 and an FF is written in the next memory location. This
pattern continues until all memory is checked or an error is found. If the
computer returns to SWTBUG®, then no errors were found.
NAM CDAT-2
*MEM DIAGNOSTIC (JOHN CHRISTENSEN'S)
*MODIFIED FOR MIKBUG AND SWTBUG OPERATION
E0E3 CONTRL EQU $E0E3
A002 ORG $A002
A002 LOTEMP RMB 2 STARTING ADDRESS
A004 HITEMP RMB 2 ENDING ADDRESS
Michael Holley
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brad H
Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2016 12:49 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: 6800 CDAT memory diag help
Hi there,
I'm still having some glitches with my 6800 system and would like to do a
proper RAM diag. From reading, it seems like CDAT is the most exhaustive.. but
I cannot get it to run. I can load and then run it.. but it immediately fails
at address 8000. Since I understand this is used for I/O I am wondering how I
would adjust CDAT so it ignores that space and does everything else? Any
suggestions would be most appreciated. I think you can alter the addresses
with most and least significant bytes but don't understand quite how.
Brad
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