@Sean I was wondering the same, but perhaps he needs physical hardware for some specific purposes, like timing and so forth?
The emus (VICE) are quite good these days, though. I can hardly find anything that VICE x64 won't run. On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 1:20 AM, Sean Conner <s...@conman.org> wrote: > It was thus said that the Great dwight once stated: > > Hi > > > > There has been so much PDP and other stuff lately I kind of feel out of > place > > asking about 6502 stuff. > > > > Anyway, I've mentioned on the 6502.org that QuickSort is not always the > fastest > > sort. So I wrote a 6502 assembly sort but don't have a machine big > enough to test it > > on. I've only got my KIM-1 just working. > > > > I was hoping someone would like to help me out, possible a Commodore64, > > maybe even a PET or Apple II. > > > > It needs about 24 page zero bytes and about 5K of RAM. > > > > It sorts 1K of 16bit integers. > > > > Anyway, if someone would like to help, let me know. I've made several > passes > > through the code and believe it to be close to bug free but know I'm > bound > > to have a couple left. > > > > See it as a challenge! > > If you have a modern system, you could always download a 6502 emulator > and > test it on that. Such a tactic wasn't even unheard of in the day---if I > recall correctly, that's how Gates & Co. tested their first BASIC---on an > emulated 8080. > > -spc > >