AMD 2901 Microcode Meta-Assembler

From: Ben Franchuk <bfranchuk_at_jetnet.ab.ca>
Date: Wed May 22 16:58:34 2002

Ken Seefried wrote:
>
> Does anyone know of a free or cheap, usable meta-assembler for AMD 2901
> microcode? Or anyone have one they want to get rid of?
>
> Ken

I don't there was such a beast (FREE or CHEAP) as most micro code
designs could not use a standard assembler because of hardware
variations.Any that were developed would be custom software.
Even if you don't use a meta-asembler you can still hand translate.
A micro-code style state table is useful even with TTL and random
logic decoding.
Most of the CPU designs I have done, I used about 40 to 55 states
for about dozen instruction types.
I could write a simple one for for DOS if need be.

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Received on Wed May 22 2002 - 16:58:34 BST

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