How about using a HESMAN cartridge to take a snapshot of RAM and then dumping the contents of RAM to a disk? Nothing formal, just what I needed at the time. I documented the process based on the CBM manual https://www.vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=287 I see no reason that you couldn't do this with a C-64 and 1541 drive too, I hope. Bill On Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 8:27 AM <silverdr_at_srebrnysen.com> wrote: > > > > On 2022-06-15, at 11:25, tokafondo <tokafondo_at_tokafondo.name> wrote: > > > > Can't tell if this has been talked about previously. > > > > I was thinking if a system could be created to freeze a Commodore 64 and > DMA'ing code/data at desired memory locations and then unfreeze it, so it > could be tested in the real machine in real time. > > > > People tend to program by using emulators and once it's working there, > burn to an easyflash or save to a whatever disk or tape file and then run > in the machine, many times finding mostly with VIC-II dark magic that what > worked beautifully in the emulator doesn't do it in the real machine. > > > > Can it be done? > > Yes, it can. The "CodeRacer"[*] does this and a lot more. > > * - Vapourware so far due to chipageddon but protos are there ;-) >Received on 2022-06-15 16:00:07
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