Thanks

Many thanks to the following individuals (in alphabetical order):

• Akimov, Vadim (lvd)

  • For testing the library on many different platforms and CPU architectures.

• azesmbog

  1. For validating tests on real hardware. ^1.1

  2. For discovering the unstable behavior of the ccf/scf instructions.

  3. For testing the ccf/scf instructions on real hardware. ^{2, 3}

  4. For his invaluable help.

• Banks, David (hoglet)

  1. For deciphering the additional flag changes of the block instructions. ^{4.1, 4.2, 5}

  2. For his research on the ccf/scf instructions. ^{5, 6}

• Beliansky, Anatoly (Tolik_Trek)

  • For validating tests on real hardware. ^1.2

• Bobrowski, Jan

  • For fixing the “Z80 Full Instruction Set Exerciser for Spectrum”. ⁷

• boo_boo

  • For deciphering the behavior of MEMPTR. ^{8, 9, 10, 11}

• Brady, Stuart

  • For his research on the ccf/scf instructions. ¹²

• Brewer, Tony

  1. For his research on the special RESET. ^{4.3, 13}

  2. For helping to decipher the additional flag changes of the block instructions. ⁴

  3. For conducting low-level tests on real hardware. ⁴

  4. For helping me to test different undocumented behaviors of the Zilog Z80.

• Bystrov, Dmitry (Alone Coder)

  • For validating tests on real hardware. ^1.2

• Chandler, Richard

  1. For his corrections to the documentation.

  2. For validating tests on real hardware. ¹⁴

• Chunin, Roman (CHRV)

  • For testing the behavior of MEMPTR on real hardware. ^{8, 9, 10, 11}

• Conway, Simon (BadBeard)

  • For validating the “Z80 Test Suite” on several Z80 clones. ¹⁵

• Cooke, Simon

  • For discovering how the out (c),0 instruction behaves on the Zilog Z80 CMOS. ¹⁶

• Cringle, Frank D.

  • For writing the “Z80 Instruction Set Exerciser”. ¹⁷

• Devic, Goran

  • For his research on undocumented behaviors of the Z80 CPU. ¹⁸

• Dunn, Paul (ZXDunny)

  • For his corrections to the documentation.

• Equinox

  • For his corrections to the documentation.

• Flammenkamp, Achim

  • For his article on Z80 interrupts. ¹⁹

• Gimeno Fortea, Pedro

  1. For his research work. ²⁰

  2. For writing the first-ever ZX Spectrum emulator. ^{21, 22}

• goodboy

  • For testing the behavior of MEMPTR on real hardware. ^{8, 9, 10, 11}

• Greenway, Ian

  • For testing the ccf/scf instructions on real hardware. ^{12, 23}

• Harston, Jonathan Graham

  1. For his research work.

  2. For his technical documents about the Zilog Z80. ^{24, 25, 26}

  3. For porting the “Z80 Instruction Set Exerciser” to the ZX Spectrum. ²⁷

• Helcmanovsky, Peter (Ped7g)

  1. For helping me to write the “IN-MEMPTR” test.

  2. For writing the “Z80 Block Flags Test”. ^{1, 28}

  3. For writing the “Z80 CCF SCF Outcome Stability” test. ²⁸

  4. For writing the “Z80 INT Skip” test. ²⁸

  5. For his research on the ccf/scf instructions.

  6. For his invaluable help.

• Iborra Debón, Víctor (Eremus)

  • For validating tests on real hardware.

• icebear

  • For testing the behavior of MEMPTR on real hardware. ^{8, 9, 10, 11}

• ICEknight

  • For validating tests on real hardware.

• Kladov, Vladimir

  • For deciphering the behavior of MEMPTR. ^{8, 9, 10, 11}

• Krook, Magnus

  • For validating tests on real hardware. ^1.3

• London, Matthew (mattinx)

  • For validating tests on real hardware.

• Martínez Cantero, Ricardo (Kyp)

  • For validating tests on real hardware.

• Molodtsov, Aleksandr

  • For testing the behavior of MEMPTR on real hardware. ^{8, 9, 10, 11}

• Nair, Arjun

  • For validating tests on real hardware. ¹

• Nicolás-González, César

  • For helping me to investigate the unstable behavior of the ccf/scf instructions.

• Ortega Sosa, Sofía

  1. For optimizing the emulator.

  2. For her help and support.

• Owen, Simon

  • For the idea of the hooking method used in this emulator.

• Ownby, Matthew P.

  • For his research on the state of the registers after POWER-ON. ²⁹

• Rak, Patrik

  1. For improving the “Z80 Instruction Set Exerciser for Spectrum”. ³⁰

  2. For deciphering the behavior of the ccf/scf instructions. ^{15, 30}

  3. For writing the “Zilog Z80 CPU Test Suite”. ^{30, 31}

  4. For his research on the unstable behavior of the ccf/scf instructions.

• Rodríguez Jódar, Miguel Ángel (mcleod_ideafix)

  • For his research on the state of the registers after POWER-ON/RESET. ³²

• Rodríguez Palomino, Mario (r-lyeh)

  • For teaching me how emulators work.

• Sainz de Baranda y Romero, Manuel

  • For teaching me programming and giving me my first computer.

• Sánchez Ordiñana, José Ismael (Vaporatorius)

  • For validating tests on real hardware. ^{31.1, 33}

• Sevillano Mancilla, Marta (TheMartian)

  • For validating tests on real hardware. ^14.1

• Stevenson, Dave

  1. For testing the special RESET on real hardware. ¹³

  2. For conducting low-level tests on real hardware. ^4.4

• Titov, Andrey (Titus)

  • For his research on the ccf/scf instructions. ^{2, 3}

• Vučenović, Zoran

  • For writing the Pascal binding.

• Weissflog, Andre (Floh)

  1. For discovering that the reti/retn instructions defer the acceptance of the maskable interrupt. ³⁴

  2. For writing the “Visual Z80 Remix” simulator. ³⁵

• Wilkinson, Oli (evolutional)

  • For validating tests on real hardware. ¹

• Wlodek

  • For testing the behavior of MEMPTR on real hardware. ^{8, 9, 10, 11}

• Woodmass, Mark (Woody)

  1. For his invaluable contributions to the emuscene.

  2. For writing the “Z80 Test Suite”. ¹⁵

  3. For his research on the behavior of the ccf/scf instructions. ³⁶

  4. For writing the “HALT2INT” test.

  5. For writing the “EIHALT” test.

• Young, Sean

  1. For his research work.

  2. For his technical documents about the Zilog Z80. ^{20, 29, 37}

• ZXGuesser

  • For validating tests on real hardware.

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