big endian fix

simulator_SIC_XE/include/file_device.h

@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ public:
     void write(unsigned char value) override;
 
 private:
+    void ensureFileOpen();
     std::fstream fileStream;
+    std::string filename;
+    bool fileCreated;
 };
 
 #endif // FILE_DEVICE_H

simulator_SIC_XE/src/file_device.cpp

@@ -3,21 +3,9 @@
 #include <fstream>
 
 FileDevice::FileDevice(const std::string &filename)
+    : filename(filename), fileCreated(false)
 {
-    fileStream.open(filename, std::ios::in | std::ios::out | std::ios::binary);
+    // Don't create the file yet - wait until first write
-    if (!fileStream.is_open()) {
-        std::ofstream create(filename, std::ios::binary);
-        if (!create) {
-            throw std::runtime_error("Failed to create file: " + filename);
-        }
-        create.close();
-
-        fileStream.clear();
-        fileStream.open(filename, std::ios::in | std::ios::out | std::ios::binary);
-        if (!fileStream.is_open()) {
-            throw std::runtime_error("Failed to open file after creating: " + filename);
-        }
-    }
 }
 
 FileDevice::~FileDevice()
@@ -27,19 +15,45 @@ FileDevice::~FileDevice()
     }
 }
 
+void FileDevice::ensureFileOpen()
+{
+    if (!fileStream.is_open()) {
+        if (fileCreated) {
+            fileStream.open(filename, std::ios::in | std::ios::out);
+        } else {
+            std::ofstream create(filename);
+            if (!create) {
+                throw std::runtime_error("Failed to create file: " + filename);
+            }
+            create.close();
+            fileCreated = true;
+            
+            fileStream.open(filename, std::ios::in | std::ios::out);
+            if (!fileStream.is_open()) {
+                throw std::runtime_error("Failed to open file after creating: " + filename);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 unsigned char FileDevice::read()
 {
     unsigned char value = 0;
+    ensureFileOpen();
     if (fileStream.is_open()) {
-        fileStream.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&value), sizeof(value));
+        char ch;
+        if (fileStream.get(ch)) {
+            value = static_cast<unsigned char>(ch);
+        }
     }
     return value;
 }
 
 void FileDevice::write(unsigned char value)
 {
+    ensureFileOpen();
     if (fileStream.is_open()) {
-        fileStream.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&value), sizeof(value));
+        fileStream.put(static_cast<char>(value));
         fileStream.flush();
     }
 }

simulator_SIC_XE/src/instructions.cpp

@@ -262,7 +262,12 @@ void ldb_handler(Machine &m, int ea, AddressingMode mode)
 
 void ldch_handler(Machine &m, int ea, AddressingMode mode)
 {
-    int val = resolveWordOperand(m, ea, mode);
+    int val;
+    if (mode == AddressingMode::IMMEDIATE) {
+        val = ea & 0xFF;
+    } else {
+        val = m.getByte(ea);
+    }
     m.setA((m.getA() & 0xFFFF00) | (val & 0xFF));
 }
 

simulator_SIC_XE/src/machine.cpp

@@ -19,8 +19,19 @@ Machine::Machine()
     devices[0] = make_shared<InputDevice>(std::cin);
     // device 1: standard output
     devices[1] = make_shared<OutputDevice>(std::cout);
-    // device 2: standard error
+    
-    devices[2] = make_shared<OutputDevice>(std::cerr);
+    // Initialize devices >= 2 as FileDevice with hex names in devices directory
+    for (int i = 2; i < NUM_DEVICES; i++) {
+        char hex[3];
+        snprintf(hex, sizeof(hex), "%02X", i);
+        std::string filename = "devices/" + std::string(hex) + ".dev";
+        try {
+            devices[i] = std::make_shared<FileDevice>(filename);
+        } catch (const std::exception &e) {
+            cerr << prefix << "Warning: Failed to initialize FileDevice for device " << i << ": " << e.what() << endl;
+        }
+    }
+    
     _exex_mode = false;
     _instructionsTable = instructions;
 }
@@ -204,7 +215,8 @@ int Machine::getWord(int address)
         cerr << prefix << "Invalid memory address: " << address << endl;
         return -1;
     }
-    return static_cast<int>(memory[address]) | (static_cast<int>(memory[address + 1]) << 8) | (static_cast<int>(memory[address + 2]) << 16);
+    // Big-endian: high byte first
+    return (static_cast<int>(memory[address]) << 16) | (static_cast<int>(memory[address + 1]) << 8) | static_cast<int>(memory[address + 2]);
 }
 
 // Assuming word is 3 bytes
@@ -216,9 +228,10 @@ void Machine::setWord(int address, int value)
     }
     value &= 0xFFFFFF;
 
-    memory[address] = static_cast<unsigned char>(value & 0xFF);
+    // Big-endian: high byte first
+    memory[address] = static_cast<unsigned char>((value >> 16) & 0xFF);
     memory[address + 1] = static_cast<unsigned char>((value >> 8) & 0xFF);
-    memory[address + 2] = static_cast<unsigned char>((value >> 16) & 0xFF);
+    memory[address + 2] = static_cast<unsigned char>(value & 0xFF);
 }
 
 double Machine::getFloat(int address)
@@ -228,14 +241,14 @@ double Machine::getFloat(int address)
         return 0.0;
     }
 
-    // load 6 bytes, little-endian → 48-bit word
+    // load 6 bytes, big-endian → 48-bit word
     unsigned long long raw =
-        (unsigned long long)memory[address]       |
+        ((unsigned long long)memory[address] << 40)       |
-        ((unsigned long long)memory[address+1] << 8)  |
+        ((unsigned long long)memory[address+1] << 32)  |
-        ((unsigned long long)memory[address+2] << 16) |
+        ((unsigned long long)memory[address+2] << 24) |
-        ((unsigned long long)memory[address+3] << 24) |
+        ((unsigned long long)memory[address+3] << 16) |
-        ((unsigned long long)memory[address+4] << 32) |
+        ((unsigned long long)memory[address+4] << 8) |
-        ((unsigned long long)memory[address+5] << 40);
+        (unsigned long long)memory[address+5];
 
     int sign     = (raw >> 47) & 0x1;
     int exponent = (raw >> 40) & 0x7F;
@@ -290,13 +303,13 @@ void Machine::setFloat(int address, double value)
         ((unsigned long long)exp_field << 40) |
         frac;
 
-    // store 6 bytes little-endian
+    // store 6 bytes big-endian
-    memory[address]   = (unsigned char)( raw        & 0xFF);
+    memory[address]   = (unsigned char)((raw >> 40) & 0xFF);
-    memory[address+1] = (unsigned char)((raw >> 8)  & 0xFF);
+    memory[address+1] = (unsigned char)((raw >> 32) & 0xFF);
-    memory[address+2] = (unsigned char)((raw >> 16) & 0xFF);
+    memory[address+2] = (unsigned char)((raw >> 24) & 0xFF);
-    memory[address+3] = (unsigned char)((raw >> 24) & 0xFF);
+    memory[address+3] = (unsigned char)((raw >> 16) & 0xFF);
-    memory[address+4] = (unsigned char)((raw >> 32) & 0xFF);
+    memory[address+4] = (unsigned char)((raw >> 8)  & 0xFF);
-    memory[address+5] = (unsigned char)((raw >> 40) & 0xFF);
+    memory[address+5] = (unsigned char)( raw        & 0xFF);
 }
 
 
@@ -353,6 +366,7 @@ int Machine::fetch()
 
 void Machine::execute() {
     if (_stopped) return;
+    
     int b1 = fetch();
 
     InstructionInfo &info = _instructionsTable[b1];
@@ -445,7 +459,7 @@ bool Machine::execSICF3F4(int opcode, int ni, int x, int b, int p, int e, int op
             // PC-relative, signed 12-bit
             if (ea_part & 0x800)            // bit 11 set?
                 ea_part |= 0xFFFFF000;      // sign-extend
-            base = getPC();
+            base = getPC();          
         }
     }
     // format 4 (e=1): b/p ignored, ea_part is 20-bit absolute