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Emulator: parity-safe EMU8000 sample counter -- AWEUTIL runs; wire the

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VGL_LABS cockpit test suite as pod-launch 'test' mode

The WC hang, root-caused in three layers (each necessary):
1. WC was rendered-samples + 100ms-capped interpolation; AWEUTIL's poll
   storm (~550k port-ops/s) starved the render thread of awe_lock, so the
   clock crawled ~90x slow. Fixed: free-running host-clock derivation +
   a fairness gate so the render thread can always take the lock.
2. Free-running at true 44.1kHz still failed: trapped port reads cost
   ~30us -- MORE than one 22.7us tick -- so consecutive reads skipped
   counter values, and AWEUTIL's WaitUntilWC (decoded at COM offset
   0x5F42) exits only on EQUALITY with a target tick: skipped value =
   missed target = 1.49s wrap penalty, or forever.
3. Advancing +1 per read still failed: WaitUntilWC reads WC TWICE per
   iteration, so its equality sample saw only every 2nd value -- wrong
   parity = infinite loop. Final semantics: during a poll storm the
   counter advances once per FOUR reads (every value observable by all
   of AWEUTIL's loop shapes; its 8192-unchanged-reads dead-clock bailout
   never trips), and resyncs to true wall time after any 50ms idle gap.
   Result: the full stock TEST.BAT (DIAGNOSE + AWEUTIL /S on both cards)
   completes in seconds.

Also: pod-launch 'test' mode -> vwetest.conf (stock TEST.BAT -> TSTALL),
DOSBox window defaults to 900,600 in test mode (the DOS screen is the
suite's UI), VWE_AWE_LOG gains storm bursts with guest cs:ip + caller and
rare-read tracing (the instrumentation that cracked this).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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co-authored by Claude Fable 5
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@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ layout is fixed at `postinstall` time, so a typical call is just `pod-launch bt`
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| `bt` | BattleTech, networked cockpit (`net_loop.conf`, looped) | wired |
| `rp` | Red Planet, networked cockpit (`net_rp.conf`, looped) | wired |
| `test` | VGL_LABS factory cockpit test suite (`vwetest.conf` → `C:\VWETEST` → `TSTALL.EXE`): RIO, plasma, audio, video/Division calibration, Munga-net. DOSBox window defaults to 900,600 (the DOS screen is the suite's UI) | wired |
| `review` | mission-review PLAYBACK of `last.spl` | recognized, exits 3 (DOS arg TBD) |
| `test-plasma` | plasma-display diagnostic | recognized, exits 3 |
| `reset-rio` | RIO reset diagnostic | recognized, exits 3 |