>> Tell me about it!  Doing timing tests for the comp.emulators.cbm
 >> FAQ (which I maintain) was quite a nightmare.

 > What sort of tests would those be? Speed tests? Or VIC emulation
 > tests? or both? or what?

There's only one test so far - it does "for i = 1 to 1000:?i,i*i:next
and "times" (a=ti:for i ....:?ti-a) the process.

I'd personally like as many different tests as possible.

 >> A lot of the emulators assume you only want to "load and run"
 >> games from "disk" - and you can't easily get to the
"READY" prompt!  :(

 > Hey well what about all those hard-core BASIC V2.0 coders?
 > Sheesh, these emulator people don't know anything do they? 

Exactly!  I wanna be able to load"$",8 - not have to use some
crappy Windoze menu! :(

 >>> Just to be nit-picky, copying those ROMs without the express
 >>> permission of Commodore (or whoever owns thier copyrights now)
 >>> is against the law. Not that it stops anyone.

 >> I've heard that CBM no longer care about the C64 ROMs at all.

 > I know, I'm just picking on an emulator-type believing person :)

Hey, at least the emulamer people are pretending to use a *real* machine!

 >>> Tarragon, a REAL C64 USER/CODER/MUSICIAN/FANATIC
 >> Really?
 > Last time I checked (checks again) Yep, still got 5 of the damn
 > things sitting around, and still coding...

A likely story...

 >> So what machine did you use to create this message?  :)))))))

 > An Olivetti IBM PC-XT compatible. Though if I had the same
 > features available on the 128 I'd probably use that (it would be
 > possible too).

So, go ahead and write some point software for the 128 then!  :)

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