Microcode Development System for the Microprogrammable Minicomputer Emulator (MIME)

摘要

This report covers the continuing efforts to develop the Microprogrammable Minicomputer Emulator (MIME) into a more flexible and user oriented machine. This consisted of the development of a Microprogram Development System for the MIME as well as hardware enhancements. The amount of writable control store was increased and the ability to load and dump control under program control was added. An LSI-11 microcomputer was added to the system to allow the user to communicate with the other computers in the system, and to transfer files from one computer to another. Several software tools were also produced: (1) a program to semi-automate the generation of the punched cards used to document the MIME's hardware configuration, (2) an executive that runs on the LSI-11 to communicate with the other computers and the user, and to transfer the microcode files, and (3) updating the MIME Modest Monitor to communicate on a higher level and add several new features.