I start with memory tests, I've started also using the Dormann suite, and rarely seem to get much further beyond that before getting distracted with a new interesting hardware design! With the "Fast PDIP" design I also wrote some test programs to stretch its legs a bit in terms of CPU speed - prime number searches, mandelbrot plotting, and a Life implementation. I also ported Gordon's GIBL and ran the BASIC mandelbrot plotter he has there.
My systems aren't really meant to be useful, they're all really proofs of concept - that's not to say they couldn't be useful to others, but I don't really have use cases in mind when I build them, so I also don't tend to use them in the long term. At best they're bases on which I can prototype other things (hence, mostly being on breadboards is very helpful and leaves them quite adaptable)
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