Timex.Emu

Timex.Emu is an emulator for a popular Timex 2048 machine.

Folder structure:

docs:

• Z80 CPU Manual
• Z80 CPU Peripherals
• Complete ROM

python:

• timex.py - main entry to the emulator

Example command to load a user program:

python3 timex.py --program=helloworld.bin --startAt=8000 --breakAt=8000 --mapAt=8000 --hook-system

This loads user program helloworld.bin (--program) at 0x8000 (--mapAt), putting a break point at 0x8000 (--breakAt) and starting execution from 0x8000 too (--startAt). Additionally system function (i.e. print) are being hooked with python replacement.

rom:

• Binary file containing ROM of actual machine

tests:

• a suite of unit tests
  • running tests: python3 -m unittest discover.

Note

To run zexall or zexdoc tests suite set ZEXALL or ZEXDOC environment variable to True respectivly

export ZEXALL=True

python3 -m unittest tests_cpu.tests_cpu.test_zexall python3 -m unittest tests_cpu.tests_cpu.test_zexdoc

Links

• http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilog_Z80
• http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timex_Sinclair_2048
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timex_Computer_2048
• http://clrhome.org/table/