I believe I've decided on a test platform, namely, a pair of boards in an S-100 backplane, where I have access to a really hefty (~20-amp, and more if I need it) unregulated but very well filtered 8-volt supply) and can control the operation and monitoring on one board while driving and observing what's going on on the other. I'll use a pulse generator to control the rise and fall of Vcc, and drive the RESET from outside as well, unless I get some inputs that indicate I should do something more elaborate.

I may have to set up some simple data acquisition circuitry, and I can do that on an S-100 board (without the benefit of the S-100 bus) pretty easily, since there will be bipolar 16 volts available.

Inputs on recommended parameters and signals to monitor are welcome.

RE