Emulator developer releases expansive Intel 286 test suite
Briefly

A test suite for Intel's 80286 processor was developed, featuring 326 instruction forms and nearly 1.5 million instruction executions with over 32 million captured cycle states. Each test presents initial and final CPU states, along with detailed cycle activity for various operations. The emulator, named MartyPC, collects elaborate data on bus values, controller signals, and processor states. This initiative aims to enhance the emulation capabilities for vintage computing, gathering unique data reminiscent of the early 1980s lab environments. It emphasizes multitasking functions that were groundbreaking for personal computer performance at the time.
"The real-mode test suite contains 326 instruction forms, containing nearly 1.5 million instruction executions with over 32 million cycle states captured."
"Each test provides initial and final CPU states including registers and memory, along with cycle activity for each instruction, including the values of the address and data buses."
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