MIME: Microprogrammable Minicomputer Emulator. Phase II. Volume I.

Abstract

This report describes software and hardware enhancements made to an existing educationally oriented microprogrammable minicomputer (MIME) that was implemented using the Am2900 series of integrated circuits. Hardware changes included extensions of the machine architecture by incorporation of user-definable fields in the microword, corresponding to user-definable capabilities in the hardware. A microprogramming language was developed for the machine, as well as a translator. The instruction set of MIL-STD-1750, Airborne Computer Instruction Set Architecture was microprogrammed to demonstrate the utility of the translator and the computer. MIL-STD-1750 peculiar hardware was interfaced through the user-definable portion of the architecture. The results showed that a minicomputer instruction set could be successfully emulated using MIME. The final system of hardware, software, and documentation provides a valuable educational tool for studies of microprogramming, emulation, and computer control. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA080360

Entities

People

  • Dean A. Myers
  • Thomas R. Hoyt

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Circuit Boards
  • Circuits
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Decoding
  • Floating Point Operations
  • Instruction Set Architecture
  • Integrated Circuits
  • Language
  • Machine Languages
  • Microprogramming
  • Software Development
  • Software Development Tools

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Engineering
  • Software Engineering
  • Software Engineering.