7 Mar
2005
7 Mar
'05
5:32 p.m.
On Mon, 7 Mar 2005, Ron Hudson wrote:
I am beginning to write a simulator for a
"microcomputer", it will feature a
curses (terminal) front panel. it will be a 12 bit machine. You will be able
to
issue commands to the simulator without stopping the program (for mounting
virtual paper tapes, printing to files etc)
Cool! If you haven't, check out Donald Knuth's fictional MIX
computer. It's a mishmash of a bunch of "contemporary" (1970s)
architectures. The cool thing about is there is SOFTWARE written
for it, even though it never physically existed.
There was no physical representation, if you were to make one,
it would add to the coolness of it.