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Serial port code is untested

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Refactor
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
cpp

Research direction

Start by reviewing BasiliskII/src/MacOSX/ToDo.html at the cited revision, then locate the current serial-port implementation and any existing test setup in this repository. Determine whether the serial port code is still untested and define the required coverage before making changes; done means the relevant behavior has repeatable tests.

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Description

BasiliskII enhancement historic OSX

From the original project's BasiliskII/src/MacOSX/ToDo.html:

Untested

  • Serial port code.

No further information is available; it's also possible that this issue has been addressed in the time since that 2007-07-14 revision.

Dominant language
C++
Stars
79
Forks
13
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