Altair32 2.10b released

Hello, all: This weekend I posted the latest code release for the Altair32 Emulator. Right now, it's feature-complete except for the Altair Integrated Debugger, a fully-integrated debugger based on the one used by Jim Battle in his Sol emulator. There are a few known issues with this release: * Programatic access to the paper tape doesn't work properly for some unknown reason. So, for example, using the toggle-in bootstrap loader to load and run Altair BASIC 3.2 from tape doesn't work. Execution is never transferred to BASIC. Loading BASIC in the form of a memory image still works fine. Tape access has been sped-up by fully buffering the tape in a buffer and reading from the buffer. * Other BASIC versions, such as 8k (4.0) and Disk Extended BASIC, don't work properly. They seem to crash the emulator after the "MEMORY SIZE?" prompt. A quick trace of 8k BASIC shows some possibly strange IO port usage. * Emulated floppy access with the included disk images doesn't work properly. I can boot the emulator to CP/M and are able to see the console output but the CP/M BIOS doesn't seem to register console input. I've asked for a copy of the CBIOS source that relates to the CP/M image (borrowed with permission from the Sysun on-line computer museum) so that I can track this one down. I suspect that it's a problem with the emulated status register for the console serial port. Enjoy! Rich ========================== Richard A. Cini, Jr. Congress Financial Corporation 1133 Avenue of the Americas 30th Floor New York, NY 10036 (212) 545-4402 (212) 840-6259 (facsimile)