Inside
Address 00 Breakpoint none RET returns to 00
Red line: the current address (program counter). Blue line: the breakpoint, if one is set with BKP. Click a line to edit that instruction.
Keys
The whole machine can be driven from the PC keyboard: 0–9 A–F hex · H HALT · N/Enter/Space NEXT · R RUN · S/T STEP · K BKP · G REG · P PGM · X/Backspace C/CE · Esc Reset · , key G · . key H. So H N 0 0 R starts a program.
Inputs: click an input jack to plug in a high level; click the 1 Hz jack (or use the Patch cable setting) to connect the clock to input 4.
Enter a program: HALT NEXT 0 0, then three hex digits and NEXT per instruction. Start it: HALT NEXT 0 0 RUN.
Built in: PGM 7 Nim, PGM 5 clear memory, PGM 6 fill with NOP, PGM 3/4 set/show clock, PGM 0 self test.
Programmer's guide: how to operate and program the Microtronic, every instruction, flags, inputs and outputs, with examples.
New to the machine? Read the Microtronic manuals in English.