--- M6502/Orao.pm	2007/07/31 12:35:02	51
+++ M6502/Orao.pm	2007/07/31 12:57:35	52
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 	warn "Orao calling upstream init\n";
 	$self->SUPER::init( $self, @_ );
 
-	warn "staring Orao $Orao::VERSION emulation\n";
+	warn "Orao $Orao::VERSION emulation starting\n", dump( $self );
 
 	$self->open_screen;
 	$self->load_rom({
@@ -282,14 +282,14 @@
 		$self->vram( $addr - 0x6000 , $byte );
 	}
 
-	if ( $addr > 0xafff ) {
-		warn sprintf "access to %04x above affff aborting\n", $addr;
-		return -1;
-	}
 	if ( $addr == 0x8800 ) {
 		warn sprintf "sound ignored: %x\n", $byte;
 	}
 
+	if ( $addr > 0xafff ) {
+		confess sprintf "write access %04x > afff aborting\n", $self, $addr;
+	}
+
 	$self->mmap_pixel( $addr, $byte, 0, 0 );
 
 	$mem[$addr] = $byte;