8800-simulator/README.md

# Altair 8800 simulator.

A JavaScript simulator to demonstrate the front panel operations of Altair 8800.

## Usage

Simply open index.html in browser, or copy the entire dir to your web server's root dir.

The simulator UI supports English and Chinese for now. In a desktop browser, you may use mouse to toggle or click the switches on the panel directly.

<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wixette/8800-simulator/master/design/sim-panel.png" width="960">

There is a DEBUG tab where you can check the internal status of the simulated 8080 CPU, or the contents of the simulator's memory.

<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wixette/8800-simulator/master/design/sim-debug.png" width="960">

The simulator works fine with modern mobile browsers, except that it is a bit challenging to touch a single switch on the panel on a mobile screen. Although, the helper switch buttons below the panel can be used as an alternative solution.

<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wixette/8800-simulator/master/design/sim-mobile.png" width="480">

## References

 * [Wikipedia: Altair 8800](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair_8800)
 * [Wikipedia: Intel 8080 CPU](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_8080)
 * [Intel 8080 instruction set](http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/r/8080.txt)
 * [Original Altair 8800 manuals](https://altairclone.com/altair_manuals.html)
 * [Altair 8800 Operator's Manual](https://altairclone.com/downloads/manuals/Altair%208800%20Operator's%20Manual.pdf)
 * [Intel 8080 Assembly Language Programming Manual](http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/r/8080asm.pdf)
 * [Another Altair 8800 simulator](https://s2js.com/altair/)

## Acknowledgements

I use (https://github.com/maly/8080js) to execute Intel 8080 instruments.

The Quick Tutoral in the simulator UI refers to an example program got from the original [Altair 8800 Operator's Manual](https://altairclone.com/downloads/manuals/Altair%208800%20Operator's%20Manual.pdf).

The interaction design took [another Altair 8800 simulator](https://s2js.com/altair/) as a reference.
init commit 2020-03-05 12:03:42 -05:00			`# Altair 8800 simulator.`

			`A JavaScript simulator to demonstrate the front panel operations of Altair 8800.`
Update README.md 2020-03-08 10:13:11 -04:00
			`## Usage`

			`Simply open index.html in browser, or copy the entire dir to your web server's root dir.`

Update README.md 2020-03-08 10:37:55 -04:00			`The simulator UI supports English and Chinese for now. In a desktop browser, you may use mouse to toggle or click the switches on the panel directly.`

			`<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wixette/8800-simulator/master/design/sim-panel.png" width="960">`

			`There is a DEBUG tab where you can check the internal status of the simulated 8080 CPU, or the contents of the simulator's memory.`

			`<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wixette/8800-simulator/master/design/sim-debug.png" width="960">`

			`The simulator works fine with modern mobile browsers, except that it is a bit challenging to touch a single switch on the panel on a mobile screen. Although, the helper switch buttons below the panel can be used as an alternative solution.`

			`<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wixette/8800-simulator/master/design/sim-mobile.png" width="480">`

Update README.md 2020-03-08 10:13:11 -04:00			`## References`

			`* [Wikipedia: Altair 8800](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair_8800)`
			`* [Wikipedia: Intel 8080 CPU](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_8080)`
			`* [Intel 8080 instruction set](http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/r/8080.txt)`
			`* [Original Altair 8800 manuals](https://altairclone.com/altair_manuals.html)`
			`* [Altair 8800 Operator's Manual](https://altairclone.com/downloads/manuals/Altair%208800%20Operator's%20Manual.pdf)`
			`* [Intel 8080 Assembly Language Programming Manual](http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/r/8080asm.pdf)`
			`* [Another Altair 8800 simulator](https://s2js.com/altair/)`
Update README.md 2020-03-08 10:20:29 -04:00
			`## Acknowledgements`

			`I use (https://github.com/maly/8080js) to execute Intel 8080 instruments.`

			`The Quick Tutoral in the simulator UI refers to an example program got from the original [Altair 8800 Operator's Manual](https://altairclone.com/downloads/manuals/Altair%208800%20Operator's%20Manual.pdf).`

			`The interaction design took [another Altair 8800 simulator](https://s2js.com/altair/) as a reference.`