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This package is a PDP-8 simulator that runs across the Rainbow series.
It contains four executable files being ASSEMBLE: assemble PDP-8 source text,
EXEC8: execute assembler output, TRACE8: debug + trace program, ASSMBLGO:
Complete and comprehensive documentation exists in the form of a textbook,
INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SYSTEMS, author: N.A.B GRAY, published by PRENTICE
HALL of AUSTRALIA, ISBN 0-13-480386-8.
This book and associated software forms the basis of a single semester course
in computer science at the University of Wollongong, NSW, AUSTRALIA.
The text itself makes excellent reading taking a novice assembly language
programmer from the basic ALU operations through to Interupt driven IO. The
package implements a simulated disk,keyboard,AtoD converter and teletype.
This hardware exists as MSDOS files on the default drive. Although the textbook
comes highly recommended, an experienced computer user and/or programmer should
have no trouble assembling and running PDP-8 sources as most programs are user
friendly and the programs respond to a ? with a summary of valid user input.
The original source code was developed on the Unix opsys, modified for the
IBMPC and finally coerced to a PC100A. Included are various example programs
for assembly and execution. The programs are considered public domain software
and full waverer of any copyrights is documented in ISBN 0-13-48036-8.I hope
you find these programs interesting and useful. I also highly recommend RB-108
from the DECUS library to run the CP/M-86 text editor RED for source code
generation.
Address for any correspondance: GLENN M. HINCHEY,
P.O. BOX 649.
MIRANDA, 2228.
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA.