working model of a microcoded computer

[kloro]

This is somewhat off topic, but I think many programmers would be
interested to look at a working model of a microcoded computer at:

tomspages.com

click on the link for 'Hack the Com puter Model.' It conveys among
other
things the physical events that underlie execution of a microcode
instruction and, by extension, of machine language.

I would like very much to get people's feedback on the thing.

Thanks,

tom arnall
north spit, ca
usa

[Stef Mientki]

Re: working model of a microcoded computer

kloro wrote:

This is somewhat off topic, but I think many programmers would be
interested to look at a working model of a microcoded computer at:
>
tomspages.com
>
click on the link for 'Hack the Com puter Model.' It conveys among
other
things the physical events that underlie execution of a microcode
instruction and, by extension, of machine language.
>
I would like very much to get people's feedback on the thing.
>
Thanks,
>
tom arnall
north spit, ca
usa
>

hi Tom,

looks nice !
But probably completely written in Java ?
However, people who can handle this kind of complex circuits, can do without such a simulation :-(
But still I see a good practical use of it, for educational and debugging purposes,
if you would implement one of those small micro-controllers (e.g. PIC).

succes,
Stef Mientki