Hi All,
I have the need to benchmark how fast code is running on a CPU emulation.
The problem of course I have is the apparant "speed" of an asynchronous
emulator is dependent upon how the instructions are synthesised.
A JMP can be very quickly calculated as it doesn't affect too many other
variables (just the PC). An arithmetic calc can be *long* because flags etc
have to be checked /changed.
Some questions:
1) does anybody know of a good 6502 benchmarking program that has a good mix
of operations.... source code appreciated.
2) which part of the C64 kernal is executed in a endless loop if no
interrupt source is active when the machine is booted. I assume the kernal
does the normal set-ups, then sits somewhere to wait... if no IRQ, then no
cursor flash, but which routine is it in?
Thanks,
Nick
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