Ke8 Eae Instruction Test Part 1

This document contains the source code and operational instructions for a diagnostic program designed to test the Extended Arithmetic Element (EAE) instructions for the PDP-8/E computer. The test covers various instructions including MQL, MQA, SHL, LSR, ASR, DPSZ, DPIC, DCM, DAD, DST, NMI, SKB, SWAB, SWBA, SGT, RTF, and GTF (excluding multiply and divide).

Summary of Contents:

• Requirements: The test requires a PDP-8/E processor, the KE8E option, and a teletype. It utilizes memory locations 0000 through 7600.
• Operating Procedure: The program is loaded using the binary loader and starts at location 0200. Operators can configure specific behaviors using the switch register (SR), such as halting on errors, printing error information, or repeating specific tests.
• Diagnostics: The document lists numerous error codes corresponding to specific instruction failures and provides detailed routines for verifying the functionality of each EAE instruction.
• Technical Details: The bulk of the document consists of the assembly source code (PAL10) required to run the diagnostics, including various subroutines for printing, error handling, and data generation. One complete pass of the test takes approximately 6.5 minutes.