Building the site
The Astro site for 6502.dbhq.uk is built one task at a time, starting with a registry of machines that a test keeps in step with the family document.
Journal
Journal
Written as the work happens, in the same pull request as the work.
The programme changes shape
The site's look, its imagery, and a mission that grew from three machines to as many as possible.
The browser speed check
How fast the core runs in a browser, interpreted and compiled ahead of time, measured on one machine.
Building the core
Eleven tasks, each reviewed, and a final review: what was built, what the tests showed, and the corrections the reviews forced.
Checking the ground
Every outside fact the core depends on was checked, and every behaviour its code would assume was tested against the data it will be tested against.
Deciding what to build
Why the KIM-1 comes before the BBC Micro, why the 65C02 is in the core, and why every bus access is one cycle.