Altair emulator project - update

Hello, all: I've made some significant progress on adding a virtual paper tape punch/reader to Claus Guiloi's Altair Emulator. There are several other things that I need to work on, such as the "punching" part of the punch, console I/O (a virtual terminal), and port I/O. Any other feature suggestions are welcome. I've made contact with Claus and he has agreed, time permitting, to review my code. I've spent much of the time learning Windows/C programming, so it's not pretty, but it works. There is also another individual at MS who worked on several other additions to the emulator, but I haven't spoken with him yet. He's made some other enhancements, particularly to the core emulation code. What I'd like to do is to test the file loading/saving code with some live code so that I can see it actually work. So, I'd like to ask the audience for some sample Altair programs based on the following specs: - the image files need to be in both Intel HEX and/or straight binary format. - program samples should include both front-panel and VDT oriented programs. - I'd like to get a range of application and system programs, including BASIC and a monitor program. - I'd like to get a range of file sizes and load locations, too. That's all for now. If anyone has any suggestions, let me know. Rich [ Rich Cini [ ClubWin!/CW1 [ MCP Windows 95/Windows Networking [ Collector of "classic" computers [ <http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/> <================ reply separator =================>