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cc68a136 1Multi-Z80 32 Bit emulator\r
2Copyright 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 - Neil Bradley, All rights reserved\r
3\r
4 MZ80 License agreement\r
5 -----------------------\r
6\r
7(MZ80 Refers to both the assembly code emitted by makez80.c and makez80.c\r
8itself)\r
9\r
10MZ80 May be distributed in unmodified form to any medium.\r
11\r
12MZ80 May not be sold, or sold as a part of a commercial package without\r
13the express written permission of Neil Bradley (neil@synthcom.com). This\r
14includes shareware.\r
15\r
16Modified versions of MZ80 may not be publicly redistributed without author\r
17approval (neil@synthcom.com). This includes distributing via a publicly\r
18accessible LAN. You may make your own source modifications and distribute\r
19MZ80 in source or object form, but if you make modifications to MZ80\r
20then it should be noted in the top as a comment in makez80.c.\r
21\r
22MZ80 Licensing for commercial applications is available. Please email\r
23neil@synthcom.com for details.\r
24\r
25Synthcom Systems, Inc, and Neil Bradley will not be held responsible for\r
26any damage done by the use of MZ80. It is purely "as-is".\r
27\r
28If you use MZ80 in a freeware application, credit in the following text:\r
29\r
30"Multi-Z80 CPU emulator by Neil Bradley (neil@synthcom.com)"\r
31\r
32must accompany the freeware application within the application itself or\r
33in the documentation.\r
34\r
35Legal stuff aside:\r
36\r
37If you find problems with MZ80, please email the author so they can get\r
38resolved. If you find a bug and fix it, please also email the author so\r
39that those bug fixes can be propogated to the installed base of MZ80\r
40users. If you find performance improvements or problems with MZ80, please\r
41email the author with your changes/suggestions and they will be rolled in\r
42with subsequent releases of MZ80.\r
43\r
44The whole idea of this emulator is to have the fastest available 32 bit\r
45Multi-Z80 emulator for the x86, giving maximum performance.\r
46 \r
47 MZ80 Contact information\r
48 -------------------------\r
49\r
50Author : Neil Bradley (neil@synthcom.com)\r
51Distribution: ftp://ftp.synthcom.com/pub/emulators/cpu/makez80.zip (latest)\r
52\r
53You can join the cpuemu mailing list on Synthcom for discussion of Neil\r
54Bradley's Z80 (and other) CPU emulators. Send a message to \r
55"cpuemu-request@synthcom.com" with "subscribe" in the message body. The\r
56traffic is fairly low, and is used as a general discussion and announcement\r
57for aforementioned emulators.\r
58\r
59\r
60 MZ80 Documentation\r
61 -------------------\r
62\r
63MZ80 Is a full featured Z80 emulator coded in 32 bit assembly. It runs well\r
64over a hundred games, in addition to it supporting many undocumented Z80\r
65instructions required to run some of the Midway MCR games, Galaga, and\r
66countless other wonderful Z80 based arcade games.\r
67\r
68MZ80 Contains a makez80.c program that must be compiled. It is the program\r
69that emits the assembly code that NASM will compile. This minimizes the\r
70possibility of bugs creeping in to MZ80 for the different addressing modes\r
71for each instruction. It requires NASM 0.97 or greater.\r
72\r
73The goal of MZ80 is to have a high performance Z80 emulator that is capable\r
74of running multiple emulations concurrently at full speed, even on lower-end\r
75machines (486/33). MZ80 Harnesses the striking similarities of both the Z80\r
76and the x86 instruction sets to take advantage of flag handling which greatly\r
77reduces the time required to emulate a processor, so no extra time is spent\r
78computing things that are already available in the native x86 processor,\r
79allowing it to perform leaps and bounds over comparable C based Z80 emulators\r
80on the same platform.\r
81\r
82MZ80 Is designed exclusively for use with NASM, the Netwide Assembler. This\r
83gives the ultimate in flexibility, as NASM can emit object files that work\r
84with Watcom, Microsoft Visual C++ (4.0-current), DJGPP, Borland C++, and\r
85gcc under FreeBSD or Linux. MZ80 Has been tested with each one of these\r
86compilers and is known to work properly on each.\r
87\r
88\r
89 What's in the package\r
90 ---------------------\r
91\r
92MZ80.TXT - This text file\r
93\r
94MAKEZ80.C - Multi Z80 32 Bit emulator emitter program\r
95\r
96MZ80.H - C Header file for MZ80 functions\r
97\r
98\r
99 What's new in this release\r
100 --------------------------\r
101\r
102Revision 3.4:\r
103\r
104 * Fixed the overflow flag not getting cleared in the SetOverflow()\r
105 routine. It caused strange problems with a handful of Genesis games\r
106 * Removed invalid instruction in the C version so that more\r
107 instructions will execute\r
108\r
109Revision 3.3:\r
110\r
111 * Undocumented opcodes added to the C emitter\r
112 * Bug fix to the C emission that properly handles shared RAM regions\r
113 (I.E. with handlers that are NULL)\r
114 * Now using 32 bit registers to do register/memory access. Slight\r
115 speed increase (assembly version only)\r
116\r
117Revision 3.2:\r
118 \r
119 * R Register emulation now accurate with a real Z80\r
120 * mz80int() Called when interrupts are disabled causes the\r
121 z80intPending flag to be set, and an interrupt will be caused after\r
122 the execution of EI and the next instruction. See "IMPORTANT NOTE\r
123 ABOUT INTERRUPTS" below\r
124 * The instruction after EI executes fully before interrupt status is\r
125 checked. (as does a real Z80)\r
126\r
127\r
128Revision 3.1:\r
129\r
130 * Fixed bug in memory dereference when handler was set to NULL (keeps\r
131 system from crashing or faulting)\r
132 * Removed the only stricmp() from the entire file and replaced it\r
133 with strcmp() so that stdlibs without it will compile\r
134 * Changed cyclesRemaining > 0 to cyclesRemaining >= 0 to be compatible\r
135 with the ASM core\r
136 * Removed additional sub [dwCyclesRemaining], 5 at the beginning of\r
137 mz80exec() (ASM Core only). Increases timing accuracy.\r
138 * NMIs And INTs add additional time to dwElapsedTicks as it should\r
139 * mz80ReleaseTimeslice() Sets remaining clocks to 0 instead of 1\r
140\r
141\r
142Revision 3.0:\r
143\r
144 * All instructions validated against a real Z80. Used an ISA card\r
145 with a Z80 on it to validate flag handling, instruction handling,\r
146 timing, and other goodies. The only thing not implemented/emulated\r
147 is flag bit 3 & 5 emulation. Believed to be 100% bug free!\r
148 * 80% Speed improvement over version 2.7 of mz80\r
149 * z80stb.c Removed. Use -c to emit a C version of mz80! API compatible!\r
150 Note that this is mostly, but not fully, debugged, so consider the\r
151 C version a beta! It's at least healthier than z80stb.c was. The C \r
152 version does not include the undocumented Z80 instructions.\r
153 * mz80nmi() No longer trashes registers it uses when using -cs\r
154 * IN/OUT Instructions work properly when using -16\r
155 * IN A, (xxh) uses A as high 8 bits of I/O fetch address when using -16\r
156 * IM 0/IM 1 Description in documentation fixed\r
157 * Sizes of all context registers increased to 32 bits - for speed!\r
158 * IFF1/IFF2 Now properly emulated\r
159 * JR Instruction offset can fetch from $ffff and properly wrap\r
160 * LDIR/LDDR Instruction now won't go to completion - instead it will\r
161 run until BC=0 or the # of cycles to execute have expired. These\r
162 instructions used to run to completion - even beyond the # of cycles\r
163 left to execute\r
164 * INI/IND/INIR/INDR countdown bug fixed - it was decrementing B twice\r
165 for each IN! Whoops!\r
166 * If you specify NULL as a handler address to a memory region, mz80 will\r
167 use vpData as a pointer to where that block of data resides. Quite\r
168 useful for multiprocessor emulations that share the same memory.\r
169 * EDI Now keeps track of cycle counting for faster execution\r
170 * Modified memory region scanning code to use 32 bit registers instead\r
171 of their 16 bit counterparts\r
172 * Get/SetContext() uses rep movsd/movsb. Insignificant overall, but\r
173 why waste the time?\r
174 * Debugging routines added. See the "DEBUGGING" section below for more\r
175 information. NOTE: The debugging routines are not yet available in\r
176 the C emission.\r
177 * Timing done slightly differently now. Mz80 now executes one \r
178 instruction past the timing given on input. For example, mz80exec(0)\r
179 will cause a single instruction to be executed (thusly -ss was\r
180 removed).\r
181\r
182Revision 2.7:\r
183\r
184 * Fixed OTIR/OTDR/INIR/INDR instructions so their 16 bit counterparts\r
185 work properly\r
186 * Emulation core 30-70% faster overall than 2.6 due to optimization to\r
187 the timing routines\r
188 * Replaced word reads/writes with a special word write routine rather\r
189 than the standard calling to read/write byte functions\r
190 * z80stb.c (the C equivalent of mz80) compiles properly now\r
191 * Fixed OS/2 text/segment issue\r
192 * Fixed bug in set/getCPU context that ensures that ES=DS and avoids\r
193 crashes. Caused crashes under OS/2 and other OS's\r
194\r
195Revision 2.6:\r
196\r
197 * Emulator core 5-30% faster overall. Some 16 and 8 bit instructions\r
198 sped up when using their 32 bit equivalents.\r
199 * Fix to -l so that proper labels without leading and trailing \r
200 underscores so Linux/FreeBSD compiles will work properly\r
201 * Single step now executes the # of instructions passed in to z80exec()\r
202 instead of just 1 as it had in prior releases. This is only active\r
203 when the -ss option is used.\r
204 * The -nt option was added. This will cause the timing information to\r
205 not be added in, speeding up execution. Warning: Only do this if your\r
206 emulated target does not require instruction timing!\r
207 * Updated documentation errors\r
208 * C Version of mz80 (mz80.c) that is API compliant is distributed with\r
209 the archive (With kind permission of Edward Massey).\r
210\r
211Revision 2.5:\r
212\r
213 * Fixed an unconditional flag being cleared in the ddcbxx instructions.\r
214 It caused Donkey Kong's barrels to not roll.\r
215\r
216Revision 2.4:\r
217\r
218 * Fixed improper HALT handling (didn't advance the PTR when it should)\r
219 * Fixed SRL (IX+$xx) instruction so that carry wasn't trashed\r
220 * Fixed single stepping problems with it giving too much time to \r
221 any given instruction\r
222 * Fixed half carry flag handling with 16 bit SBC and ADD instructions\r
223 * Fixed DAA emulation so that parity flags weren't getting trashed\r
224\r
225Revision 2.3:\r
226\r
227 * Fixed many stack handling bugs\r
228 * Timing problems fixed. The prior version was causing massive \r
229 overruns on maximum timeslices with some insutructions.\r
230\r
231Revision 2.2:\r
232\r
233 * Fixed a bug in CPI/CPD/CPIR/CPDR that mishandled flags\r
234 * All known bugs are out of mz80 now\r
235 * Added the -cs option to route all stack operations through the\r
236 handlers (required for games like Galaga)\r
237\r
238Revision 2.1:\r
239\r
240 * Fixed a bug in CPI/CPD/CPIR/CPDR that caused intermittent lockups.\r
241 Also fixed a bug that caused erratic behavior in several video games.\r
242 * Added INI/IND/INIR/INDR instruction group\r
243 * Added OUTI/OUTD/OTIR/OTDR instruction group\r
244\r
245Revision 1.0:\r
246\r
247 * First release! The whole thing is new!\r
248\r
249\r
250ASSEMBLING FOR USE WITH WATCOM C/C++\r
251------------------------------------\r
252\r
253Watcom, by default, uses register calling conventions, as does MZ80. To\r
254create a proper emulator for Watcom:\r
255\r
256 makez80 MZ80.asm -x86\r
257\r
258From here:\r
259\r
260 nasm -f win32 MZ80.asm\r
261\r
262Link the MZ80.obj with your Watcom linker.\r
263\r
264\r
265ASSEMBLING FOR USE WITH MICROSOFT VISUAL C++ AND BORLAND C++\r
266--------------------------------------------------------------------\r
267\r
268Visual C++ and Borland C++ use stack calling conventions by default. To\r
269create a proper emulator for these compilers:\r
270\r
271 makez80 MZ80.asm -s -x86\r
272\r
273For Visual C++ or Borland C++:\r
274\r
275 nasm -f win32 MZ80.asm\r
276\r
277Link with your standard Visual C++ or Borland C++.\r
278\r
279\r
280ASSEMBLING FOR USE WITH DJGPP, GCC/FREEBSD, OR GCC/LINUX\r
281--------------------------------------------------------------------\r
282\r
283DJGPP Uses stack calling conventions:\r
284\r
285 makez80 MZ80.asm -s -x86\r
286\r
287To assemble:\r
288\r
289 nasm -f coff MZ80.asm\r
290\r
291Link with your standard DJGPP linker. The same holds true for GCC under\r
292FreeBSD or Linux. If you're using GCC, use the -l option to generate "plain"\r
293labels so that gcc's linker will properly link things.\r
294\r
295\r
296MAKEZ80 COMMAND LINE OPTIONS\r
297----------------------------\r
298\r
299-s - Use stack calling conventions (DJGPP, MSVC, Borland, etc...)\r
300\r
301-cs - Force all stack operations to go through the Read/Write memory handlers.\r
302 This slows things down, but is useful when needed.\r
303\r
304-16 - Treat all I/O input and output as 16 bit (BC)\r
305\r
306-l - Create 'plain' labels - ones without leading and trailing underscores\r
307\r
308-nt - Do not generate timing code - this speeds the emulator up, but the\r
309 downside is that no timing info is available.\r
310\r
311-c - Emit a C mz80 emulator (API Compatible with the assembly version - \r
312 handy for porters!)\r
313\r
314-x86 - Emit an assembly (x86) mz80 emulator\r
315\r
316-os2 - Generate OS/2 compatible segmentation\r
317\r
318\r
319IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT INTERRUPTS\r
320-------------------------------\r
321\r
322A minor change was made between the 3.1 and 3.2 versions of makez80 in the\r
323way that interrupts were handled.\r
324\r
325On a real Z80, the !INT line is a level triggered interrupt, meaning that if\r
326the interrupt line is held low, the Z80 will continue to take interrupts \r
327immediately after the instruction after the EI instruction is executed until\r
328the interrupt line is high again.\r
329\r
330In 3.1, if an interrupt came in and interrupts were disabled, the interrupt\r
331would never be "latched" for later execution. The Z80 does not have any\r
332internal latching capabilities, however external hardware often does hold\r
333the interrupt line low until the interrupt is executed, in effect, a latch.\r
334\r
335I've only found one video game so far that requires the "raising/lowering"\r
336of the interrupt line (Ataxx). In the games that I've tried, it has improved\r
337performance, in some cases drastically, and in others not at all. This can\r
338be accounted for by interrupts being taken now, where they were being dropped\r
339in prior mz80 releases.\r
340\r
341mz80 Emulates the most commonly used scenario. Now when mz80int() is executed\r
342and a nonzero value is returned (indicating interrupts were disabled), it\r
343will set z80intPending, and the interrupt will be taken after execution of\r
344one instruction beyond the EI instruction.\r
345\r
346So now, if mz80int() returns a nonzero value, that means an interrupt is\r
347latched. If clearing this latch is desired or the old behavior of 3.1 is \r
348desired, make a call to the mz80ClearPendingInterrupt() call. It's a 2 \r
349instruction call that has extremely small overhead and will not affect \r
350performance in any measurable way.\r
351\r
352In any case, MZ80 will now execute one instruction after EI regardless of\r
353how much time is available to avoid the possibility of an interrupt request\r
354coming in directly after the EI instruction. \r
355\r
356\r
357STEPS TO EMULATION\r
358------------------\r
359\r
360NOTE: -16 Is a command line option that will treat all I/O as 16 bit. That\r
361is, in an instruction like "IN AL, (C)", the addressed passed to the I/O\r
362handler will be BC instead of just C. Bear this in mind when considering your\r
363emulated platform.\r
364\r
365There are a few steps you want to go through to get proper emulation, and a\r
366few guidelines must be followed.\r
367\r
3681) Create a MZ80CONTEXT\r
369\r
3702) Create your virtual 64K memory space using whatever means of obtaining\r
371 memory you need to do.\r
372\r
3733) Set mz80Base in your context to be the base of your 64K memory space\r
374\r
3754) Load up your image to be emulated within that 64K address space.\r
376\r
3775) Set z80IoRead and z80IoWrite to their appropriate structure arrays. Here's\r
378 an example:\r
379\r
380struct z80PortRead ReadPorts[] =\r
381{\r
382 {0x10, 0x1f, SoundChip1Read},\r
383 {0x20, 0x2f, SoundChip2Read}\r
384 {(UINT32) -1, (UINT32) -1, NULL}\r
385};\r
386\r
387When an IN instruction occurs, mz80 will probe this table looking for a\r
388handler to the address of the "IN" instruction. If it is found in the list,\r
389it's up to the handler to return the proper value. Otherwise, a value of\r
3900ffh is returned internally if no handler for that I/O address is found. In\r
391the case above, SoundChip1Read is called when the I/O address is between 0x10-\r
3920x1f. A similar structure is used for I/O writes as well (OUT):\r
393\r
394struct z80PortWrite WritePorts[] =\r
395{\r
396 {0x20, 0x2f, SoundChip2Write},\r
397 {0x30, 0x36, VideoCtrlWrite},\r
398 {(UINT32) -1, (UINT32) -1, NULL}\r
399}\r
400\r
401Of course, this does the opposite that the z80PortRead struct, and instead\r
402looks for a handler to hand some data to. If it doesn't find an appropriate\r
403handler, nothing happens.\r
404\r
4056) Set mz80MemoryRead & mz80MemoryWrite to their appropriate structure\r
406 arrays. Here is an example:\r
407\r
408struct MemoryWriteByte GameWrite[] =\r
409{\r
410 {0x3000, 0x3fff, VideoWrite},\r
411 {0x4000, 0x4fff, SpriteWrite},\r
412 {(UINT32) -1, (UINT32) -1, NULL}\r
413};\r
414\r
415The above example says that any time a write occurs in the 0x3000-0x3fff\r
416range, call the VideoWrite routine. The same holds true for the SpriteWrite\r
417region as well.\r
418\r
419NOTE: When your write handler is called, it is passed the address of the\r
420write and the data that is to be written to it. If your handler doesn't\r
421write the data to the virtual image, the mz80 internal code will not.\r
422\r
423NOTE: These routines will *NOT* be called when execution asks for these\r
424addresses. It will only call them when a particular instruction uses the\r
425memory at these locations.\r
426\r
427If you wish for a region to be RAM, just leave it out of your memory region\r
428exception list. The WriteMemoryByte routine will treat it as read/write\r
429RAM and will write to mz80Base + addr directly.\r
430\r
431If you wish to protect ROM regions (not often necessary), create a range that\r
432encompasses the ROM image, and have it call a routine that does nothing. This\r
433will prevent data from being written back onto the ROM image.\r
434\r
435Leave your last entry in the table as shown above, with a null handler and\r
4360xffffffff-0xffffffff as your read address. Even though the Z80 only\r
437addresses 64K of space, the read/write handlers are defined as 32 bit so\r
438the compiler won't pass junk in the upper 16 bits of the address lines. Not\r
439only that, it allows orthoganality for future CPU emulators that may use\r
440these upper bits.\r
441\r
442You can do a mz80GetContext() if you'd like to read the current context of\r
443the registers. Note that by the time your handler gets called, the program\r
444counter will be pointing to the *NEXT* instruction.\r
445\r
446struct MemoryReadByte GameRead[] =\r
447{\r
448 {0x2000, 0x200f, ReadHandler},\r
449 {(UINT32) -1, (UINT32) -1, NULL}\r
450};\r
451\r
452Same story here. If you have a special handler for an attempted read at a\r
453particular address, place its range in this table and create a handler\r
454routine for it. \r
455\r
456If you don't define a handler for a particular region, then the ReadMemoryByte\r
457in mz80.ASM will actually read the value out of mz80Base + the offset \r
458required to complete the instruction.\r
459\r
4607) Set the intAddr and nmiAddr to the addresses where you want mz80 to start\r
461 executing when an interrupt or NMI happens. Take a look at the section\r
462 entitled "INTERRUPTS" below for more information on this.\r
463\r
4648) Call mz80SetContext() on your Z80 context\r
465\r
4669) Call mz80Reset(). This will prime the program counter and cause a virtual\r
467 CPU-wide reset.\r
468\r
46910) Once you have those defined, you're ready to begin emulation. There's some\r
470 sort of main loop that you'll want. Maybe something like:\r
471\r
472 while (hit == 0)\r
473 {\r
474 if (lastSec != (UINT32) time(0))\r
475 {\r
476 diff = (mz80clockticks - prior) / 3000000;\r
477 printf("%ld Clockticks, %ld frames, %ld Times original speed\n", MZ80clockticks - prior, frames, diff);\r
478 frames = 0;\r
479 prior = mz80clockticks;\r
480 lastSec = time(0);\r
481 if (kbhit())\r
482 {\r
483 getch();\r
484 hit = 1;\r
485 }\r
486 }\r
487\r
488 /* 9000 Cycles per NMI (~3 milliseconds @ 3MHZ) */\r
489\r
490 dwResult = mz80exec(9000);\r
491 mz80clockticks += mz80GetElapsedTicks(TRUE);\r
492 mz80nmi();\r
493\r
494 /* If the result is not 0x80000000, it's an address where\r
495 an invalid instruction was hit. */\r
496\r
497 if (0x80000000 != dwResult)\r
498 {\r
499 mz80GetContext(&sCpu1);\r
500 printf("Invalid instruction at %.2x\n", sCpu1.MZ80pc);\r
501 exit(1);\r
502 }\r
503 }\r
504\r
505Call mz80exec() With the # of virtual CPU cycles you'd like mz80 to\r
506execute. Be sure to use the mz80GetElapsedTicks() call *AFTER* execution to\r
507see how many virtual CPU cycles it actually executed. For example, if you tell\r
508mz80 to execute 500 virtual CPU cycles, it will execute slightly more. Anything\r
509from 500 to 524 (24 cycles being the longest any 1 instruction takes in the\r
510Z80).\r
511\r
512Use the mz80GetElapsedTicks() call for more accurate cycle counting. Of course,\r
513this is only if you have *NOT* included the -nt option.\r
514\r
515If you pass FALSE to the mz80GetElapsedTicks() function, the internal CPU \r
516elapsed tick clock will not be reset. The elapsed tick counter is something \r
517that continues to increase every emulated instruction, and like an odometer,\r
518will keep counting unless you pass TRUE to mz80GetElapsedTicks(), of which \r
519case it will return you the current value of the elapsed ticks and set it to \r
5200 when complete.\r
521\r
522NOTE: The bigger value you pass to mz80exec, the greater benefit you get out\r
523of the virtual registers persisting within the emulator, and it will run\r
524faster. Pass in a value that is large enough to take advantage of it, but\r
525not so often that you can't handle nmi or int's properly.\r
526\r
527If you wish to create a virtual NMI, call mz80nmi(), and it will be taken\r
528the next time you call mz80exec, or alternately if you have a handler call\r
529mz80nmi/mz80int(), the interrupt will be taken upon return. Note that \r
530mz80nmi() doesn't actually execute any code - it only primes the emulator to\r
531begin executing NMI/INT code.\r
532\r
533NOTE: mz80int() is defined with a UINT32 as a formal parameter. Depending \r
534upon what interrupt mode you're executing in (described later), it may or may\r
535not take a value.\r
536\r
537NMI's can interrupt interrupts, but not the other way around - just like a\r
538real Z80. If your program is already in an interrupt, another one will not be\r
539taken. The same holds true for an NMI - Just like a real Z80!\r
540\r
541\r
542MUTLI-PROCESSOR NOTES\r
543---------------------\r
544\r
545Doing multi processor support is a bit trickier, but is still fairly straight-\r
546forward.\r
547\r
548For each processor to be emulated, go through steps 1-7 above - giving each\r
549CPU its own memory space, register storage, and read/write handlers.\r
550\r
551\r
552EXECUTION OF MULTI-CPUS:\r
553-------------------------\r
554\r
555When you're ready to execute a given CPU, do the following:\r
556\r
557 mz80SetContext(contextPointer);\r
558\r
559This will load up all information saved before into the emulator and ready it\r
560for execution. Then execute step 7 above to do your virtual NMI's, interrupts,\r
561etc... All CPU state information is saved within a context.\r
562\r
563When the execution cycle is complete, do the following to save the updated\r
564context away for later:\r
565\r
566 mz80GetContext(contextPointer);\r
567\r
568Give each virtual processor a slice of time to execute. Don't make the values\r
569too small or it will spend its time swapping contexts. While this in itself\r
570isn't particularly CPU expensive, the more time you spend executing the better.\r
571mz80 Keeps all of the Z80 register in native x86 register (including most\r
572of the flags, HL, BC, and A). If no context swap is needed, then you get the\r
573added advantage of the register storage. For example, let's say you were \r
574running two Z80s - one at 2.0MHZ and one at 3.0MHZ. An example like this \r
575might be desirable:\r
576\r
577 mz80SetContext(cpu1Context); // Set CPU #1's information\r
578 mz80exec(2000); // 2000 Instructions for 2.0MHZ CPU\r
579 mz80GetContext(cpu1Context); // Get CPU #1's state info\r
580\r
581 mz80SetContext(cpu2Context); // Set CPU #2's state information\r
582 mz80exec(3000); // 3000 Instructions for 3.0MHZ CPU\r
583 mz80GetContext(cpu2Context); // Get CPU #2's state information\r
584\r
585This isn't entirely realistic, but if you keep the instruction or timing\r
586ratios between the emulated CPUs even, then timing is a bit more accurate.\r
587\r
588NOTE: If you need to make a particular CPU give up its own time cycle because\r
589of a memory read/write, simply trap a particular address (say, a write to a\r
590slave processor) and call mz80ReleaseTimeslice(). It will not execute any \r
591further instructions, and will give up its timeslice. Put this in your \r
592read/write memory trap.\r
593\r
594NOTE: You are responsible for "holding back" the processor emulator from\r
595running too fast.\r
596\r
597\r
598INTERRUPTS\r
599----------\r
600\r
601The Z80 has three interrupt modes: IM 0 - IM 2. Each act differently. Here's\r
602a description of each:\r
603\r
604IM 0\r
605\r
606This mode will cause the Z80 to be able to pull a "single byte instruction"\r
607off the bus when an interrupt occurs. Since we're not doing bus cycle\r
608emulation, it acts identically to mode 1 (described below). The formal\r
609parameter to mz80int() is ignored. There is really no point in actually \r
610emulating the instruction execution since any instruction that would be\r
611executed would be a branch instruction!\r
612\r
613IM 1\r
614\r
615This mode is the "default" mode that the Z80 (and mz80 for that matter) comes\r
616up in. When you call mz80reset(), the interrupt address is set to 38h and\r
617the NMI address is set to 66h. So when you're in IM 1 and mz80int() is\r
618called, the formal parameter is ignored and the z80intAddr/z80nmiAddr values\r
619are appropriately loaded into the program counter.\r
620\r
621IM 2\r
622\r
623This mode causes the Z80 to read the upper 8 bits from the current value\r
624of the "I" register, and the lower 8 bits from the value passed into mz80int().\r
625So, if I contained 35h, and you did an mz80int(0x64), then an interrupt at\r
626address 3564h would be taken. Simple!\r
627\r
628\r
629OTHER GOODIES\r
630-------------\r
631\r
632MZ80 Has a nice feature for allowing the same handler to handle different\r
633data regions on a single handler. Here's an example:\r
634\r
635struct PokeyDataStruct Pokey1;\r
636struct PokeyDataStruct Pokey2;\r
637\r
638struct MemoryWriteByte GameWrite[] =\r
639{\r
640 {0x1000, 0x100f, PokeyHandler, Pokey1},\r
641 {0x1010, 0x101f, PokeyHandler, Pokey2},\r
642 {(UINT32) -1, (UINT32) -1, NULL}\r
643};\r
644\r
645void PokeyHandler(UINT32 dwAddr, UINT8 bData, struct sMemoryWriteByte *psMem)\r
646{\r
647 struct PokeyDataStruct *psPokey = psMem->pUserArea;\r
648\r
649 // Do stuff with psPokey here....\r
650}\r
651\r
652This passes in the pointer to the sMemoryWriteByte structure that caused\r
653the handler to be called. The pUserArea is a user defined address that can\r
654be anything. It is not necessary to fill it in with anything or even\r
655initialize it if the handler doesn't actually use it.\r
656\r
657This allows a single handler to handle multiple data references. This is\r
658particularly useful when handling sound chip emulation, where there might\r
659be more than one of a given device. Sure beats having multiple unique\r
660handlers that are identical with the exception of the data area where it\r
661writes! This allows a good deal of flexibility.\r
662\r
663The same construct holds for MemoryReadByte, z80PortRead, and z80PortWrite,\r
664so all can take advantage of this feature.\r
665\r
666\r
667SHARED MEMORY FEATURES\r
668----------------------\r
669\r
670MZ80 Also has another useful feature for dealing with shared memory regions:\r
671\r
672UINT8 bSharedRAM[0x100];\r
673\r
674struct MemoryWriteByte Processor1[] = \r
675{\r
676 {0x1000, 0x10ff, NULL, bSharedRAM},\r
677 {(UINT32) -1, (UINT32) -1, NULL}\r
678};\r
679\r
680struct MemoryWriteByte Processor2[] = \r
681{\r
682 {0x1000, 0x10ff, NULL, bSharedRAM},\r
683 {(UINT32) -1, (UINT32) -1, NULL}\r
684};\r
685\r
686If the handler address is NULL, mz80 will look at the pUserArea field as a\r
687pointer to RAM to read from/write to. This comes in extremely handy when you\r
688have an emulation that requires two or more processors writing to the same\r
689memory block. And it's lots faster than creating a handler that writes to\r
690a common area as well.\r
691\r
692\r
693DEBUGGING\r
694---------\r
695\r
696Several new functions have been added to mz80 that assist the emulator\r
697author by providing a standard set of functions for register access:\r
698\r
699UINT8 mz80SetRegisterValue(void *pContext, UINT32 dwRegister, UINT32 dwValue)\r
700\r
701This allows setting of any register within the Z80. The register field can be\r
702one of the following values (defined in mz80.h):\r
703\r
704 CPUREG_PC\r
705 CPUREG_Z80_AF\r
706 CPUREG_Z80_BC\r
707 CPUREG_Z80_DE\r
708 CPUREG_Z80_HL\r
709 CPUREG_Z80_AFPRIME\r
710 CPUREG_Z80_BCPRIME\r
711 CPUREG_Z80_DEPRIME\r
712 CPUREG_Z80_HLPRIME\r
713 CPUREG_Z80_IX\r
714 CPUREG_Z80_IY\r
715 CPUREG_Z80_SP\r
716 CPUREG_Z80_I\r
717 CPUREG_Z80_R\r
718 CPUREG_Z80_A\r
719 CPUREG_Z80_B\r
720 CPUREG_Z80_C\r
721 CPUREG_Z80_D\r
722 CPUREG_Z80_E\r
723 CPUREG_Z80_H\r
724 CPUREG_Z80_L\r
725 CPUREG_Z80_F\r
726 CPUREG_Z80_CARRY\r
727 CPUREG_Z80_NEGATIVE\r
728 CPUREG_Z80_PARITY\r
729 CPUREG_Z80_OVERFLOW\r
730 CPUREG_Z80_HALFCARRY\r
731 CPUREG_Z80_ZERO\r
732 CPUREG_Z80_SIGN\r
733 CPUREG_Z80_IFF1\r
734 CPUREG_Z80_IFF2\r
735\r
736Each individual register's value can be set, including the flags at the end.\r
737The only valid values for the flags are 1 and 0. Setting these will\r
738automatically adjust the "F" register. \r
739\r
740If pContext is NULL, then the registers in the currently active context are\r
741changed. If pContext points to a non-NULL area, that area is assumed to be\r
742a CONTEXTMZ80 structure where the new register value will be written.\r
743\r
744If mz80SetRegisterValue() returns a nonzero value, either the register value\r
745or register is out of range or invalid.\r
746\r
747\r
748UINT32 mz80GetRegisterValue(void *pContext, UINT32 dwRegister)\r
749\r
750This returns the value of the register given on input (listed above as\r
751CPUREG_Z80_xxxxx). Flag values will be 1 or 0.\r
752\r
753If pContext is NULL, then the registers in the currently active context are\r
754read. If pContext points to a non-NULL area, that area is assumed to be\r
755a CONTEXTMZ80 structure from which register values are pulled.\r
756\r
757\r
758UINT32 mz80GetRegisterTextValue(void *pContext, UINT32 dwRegister, \r
759 UINT8 *pbTextArea)\r
760\r
761This returns the textual representation of the value of a given register.\r
762It is a text printable string that can be used in sprintf() statements and\r
763the like. This function is useful because different representations for\r
764registers (like flags) can be a group of 8 flag bytes instead of a single\r
765value.\r
766\r
767On entry, pContext being set to NULL indicates that mz80 should get the\r
768register value from the currently active context. Otherwise, it is assumed\r
769to be pointing to a CONTEXTMZ80 structure, which contains the value of the\r
770registers to be read.\r
771\r
772pbTextArea points to a buffer where the value text can be written. This points\r
773to a user supplied buffer.\r
774\r
775On exit, if any nonzero value is encountered, either the register # is out\r
776of range or pbTextArea is NULL.\r
777\r
778\r
779UINT8 *mz80GetRegisterName(UINT32 dwRegister)\r
780\r
781This returns a pointer to the textual name of the register passed in. NULL\r
782Is returned if the register index (CPUREG_Z80_xxxx table described above) is\r
783out of range. DO NOT MODIFY THE TEXT! It is static data.\r
784\r
785\r
786FINAL NOTES\r
787-----------\r
788\r
789I have debugged MZ80.ASM to the best of my abilities. There might still be\r
790a few bugs floating around in it, but I'm not aware of any. I've validated\r
791all instructions (That I could) against a custom built Z80 on an ISA card\r
792(that fits in a PC) so I'm quite confident that it works just like a real\r
793Z80. \r
794\r
795If you see any problems, please point them out to me, as I am eager to make\r
796mz80 the best emulator that I can. \r
797\r
798If you have questions, comments, etc... about mz80, please don't hesitate\r
799to send me an email. And if you use mz80 in your emulator, I'd love to take\r
800a look at your work. If you have special needs, or need implementation\r
801specific hints, feel free to email me, Neil Bradley (neil@synthcom.com). I\r
802will do my best to help you.\r
803\r
804Enjoy!\r
805\r
806Neil Bradley\r
807neil@synthcom.com\r
808\r
809\r