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 Firmware images, hashes, disassemblies, the mechanized mash harness, and
 all eleven bench logs live in this directory. The original AMD chip is
 retired, preserved unmodified.
+
+## Error-handling inventory (v4.2, unpatched baseline)
+
+Complete map of what the board does — and pointedly does not do — when
+things go wrong. Complements the wedge analysis above; display-side
+detail in [`docs/hardware/display-board-1408.md`](../docs/hardware/display-board-1408.md).
+
+### Host-facing (protocol)
+
+- **Inbound packet checksum** (7-bit sum, verified at the `$D81F`
+  decision): good packet → queue **ACK `$FC`** (`$316F`); bad → **NAK
+  `$FD`** (`$3170`). The TX ISR sends pending ACK/NAK ahead of reply
+  data (`$D8A6`). Control bytes `$FE` RESTART / `$FF` IDLE.
+- **Outbound reply delivery**: replies must be ACKed by the game; the
+  retry machine (`$D90E`/`$D9BE`) retransmits up to 4 times
+  (`INC $3184` per retry), then gives up — sends `$FE` RESTART,
+  `INC $317A`, teardown at `$DA2F` (`INC $3185`). The give-up teardown
+  is where the `$2521` wedge leak lives (see above; fixed in the patched
+  images).
+- **RX overrun: unhandled.** The RX ISR reads SCSR/SCDR but never acts
+  on the overrun flag — dropped bytes just corrupt the frame and
+  surface as checksum NAKs. This is why the 125000-baud bench run
+  produced NAK=1082 rather than any explicit overrun signal.
+
+### Internal
+
+- **TX-ring overflow** (`$D63B` enqueue): if the ring would overtake
+  the drain pointer, the byte is silently dropped, `INC $3187`, and the
+  E0 diagnostic display refreshes. The host is not told.
+- **TX dispatcher sanity trap** (`$D8C2`): each outgoing command byte
+  is looked up in an 8-entry table at `$3158`; no match ⇒ internal
+  corruption ⇒ `JMP $DAB2` — the **`dEAd` crash screen**, an infinite
+  loop rendering `dEAd` + RAM `$0000/$0001` on the 8-digit display.
+  Permanent until reset.
+- **Unused interrupt vectors** → `NOP; BRA self` stubs at
+  `$DB07-$DB3D`: silent hang, no display, no recovery.
+- **Error counters** `$3173-$317B` (ACK/NAK/retry/give-up bookkeeping)
+  and the three displayed ones `$3187/$3184/$3185` — rendered as
+  `E0 <ovf> <retry> <giveup>` by `$D5F2` at every increment.
+
+### Hardware (RIO_1407 sheet 2)
+
+- **MAX690 supervisor**: power-on/brownout reset via the PFI
+  comparator. The front-panel RESET toggle (SW1) and the optocoupled
+  remote-reset input both work by pulling PFI low — a "commanded
+  power-fail". **FAULT LED = PFO**, so it lights during any such event.
+- **No working watchdog.** WDI has no off-sheet tag (never reaches the
+  CPU) and the firmware contains no strobe code — so software hangs
+  (`dEAd`, vector stubs, the reply wedge) persist until a human or the
+  game PC resets the board. This is corroborating evidence for the
+  bench-observed behavior: a wedged board stays wedged indefinitely.
+- **RUN LED = buffered `AS*`** (address strobe): it indicates "clock
+  alive", not "software alive" — it stays lit even inside the `dEAd`
+  loop. TX/RX LEDs are buffered `SER_OUT`/`SER_IN`.