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| author | jaortega <jaortega> | 2000-11-27 00:43:27 +0000 |
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diff --git a/doc/html/index.html b/doc/html/index.html index e0b7230..2fb7d26 100644 --- a/doc/html/index.html +++ b/doc/html/index.html @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- -*-html-*- --> +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> @@ -8,120 +8,125 @@ <body bgcolor="white" link="#ff0000" vlink="#a00000"> <a name="top"></a> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="0" align="center"> - <tr> - <td width="100" bgcolor="#696969"> </td> - <td bgcolor="#696969" width="600" align="center"> - <font color="white"><b>MDK, the MIX development kit</b></font> - </td> - <td bgcolor="#696969" width="10"> </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2"> </td> - <td bgcolor="#696969" > </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td bgcolor="#909090" valign="top"> - <br> - <a href="news.html">News</a><br> - <a href="download.html">Download</a><br> - <a href="mdk.html">Documentation</a><br> - <a href="lists.html">Mailing lists</a><br> - <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/mdk"> - MDK at SourceForge</a><br> - <a href="http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=13897"> - CVS repository</a><br><br> - <p align="center">Thanks to<br> - <A href="http://sourceforge.net"> - <IMG src="http://sourceforge.net/sflogo.php?group_id=13897&type=1" - width="88" height="31" border="0" - alt="SourceForge Logo"> </A> - </td> - <td > - <p align="right"><font color="#000069" size="+1"> - Latest news - </font></p> - <ul> - <li>(18/11/00) - <i>MDK 0.1.1 release. </i> - New version of MDK. - <a href="news.html#new1">Read more...</a> - </ul> - <p align="right"><font color="#000069" size="+1"> - What is the MIX? - </font></p> - <b>MIX</b> is Donald Knuth's mythical computer as described - in his monumental work <a - href="http://Sunburn.Stanford.EDU/~knuth/taocp.html"> The - Art Of Computer Programming</a>. As any of its real - counterparts, the MIX features registers, memory cells, an - overflow toggle, comparison flags, input-output devices, and - a set of binary instructions executable by its virtual - CPU. You can programme the MIX using an assembly language - called <b>MIXAL</b>, the MIX Assembly Language. <p> So, - what's the use of learning MIXAL? Well, if you're interested - in programming, please buy, borrow or steal a copy of TAOCP, - and you'll see the use ;-). - <br> <br> - <p align="right"><font color="#000069" size="+1"> - What is the MDK? - </font></p> - The <b>M</b>IX <b>D</b>evelopment <b>K</b>it offers an emulation of - <b>MIX</b> and <b>MIXAL</b>. The <a href="download.html"> - current version</a> of MDK includes two applications: - <ul> - <li><b><i>mixasm</i></b> A MIXAL compiler, which - translates your source files into binary ones, executable - by the MIX virtual machine. - <li><b><i>mixvm</i></b> A MIX virtual machine which is - able to run and debug compiled MIXAL programs, using a - command line interface with readline's line editting - capabilities. - </ul> - Using the MDK tools, you'll be able to - <ul> - <li>write, compile and execute MIXAL programs, - <li>set breakpoints and run your programs step by step, - <li>inspect and modify the MIX registers, flags and memory - contents at any step, - <li>simulate MIX input-output devices using the standard - output and your file system. - </ul> - See the MDK <a href="mdk.html">user's manual</a> for a complete - description of the toolkit. - The MDK utils will run on any GNU/Linux box (see - <a href="download.html#reqs">requirements</a>) and, of course, are - <a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">free software</a>. - <p align="right"><font color="#000069" size="+1"> - Planned features - </font></p> - MDK is currently under active development, and there are some - planned additional features I have in mind, e.g. - <ul> - <li> tracing of executed instructions in <b><i>mixvm</i></b>, - <li> allow MIXAL instructions as commands at the - <b><i>mixvm</i></b> prompt, - <li> include execution timing statistics, - <li> ncurses based frontend, - <li> GTK++/GNOME support, - </ul> - Please, <a href="mailto:jaortega@acm.org">let me know</a> which - of these features would you like better. - <p align="right"> - Contact the <a href="mailto:jaortega@acm.org">author.</a> - </p> - </td> - <td bgcolor="#696969" > </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td bgcolor="#909090"> </td> - <td colspan="2"> </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td bgcolor="#909090"> </td> - <td colspan="2" bgcolor="#909090" align="right"> - - </td> - </tr> + <tr> + <td width="100" bgcolor="#696969"> </td> + <td bgcolor="#696969" width="600" align="center"> + <font color="white"><b>MDK, the MIX development kit</b></font> + </td> + <td bgcolor="#696969" width="10"> </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td colspan="2"> </td> + <td bgcolor="#696969" > </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td bgcolor="#909090" valign="top"> + <br> + <a href="news.html">News</a><br> + <a href="download.html">Download</a><br> + <a href="mdk.html">Documentation</a><br> + <a href="lists.html">Mailing lists</a><br> + <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/mdk"> + MDK at SourceForge</a><br> + <a href="http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=13897"> + CVS repository</a><br><br> + <p align="center">Thanks to<br> + <A href="http://sourceforge.net"> + <IMG src="http://sourceforge.net/sflogo.php?group_id=13897&type=1" + width="88" height="31" border="0" + alt="SourceForge Logo"> </A> + </td> + <td > + <p align="right"><font color="#000069" size="+1"> + Latest news + </font></p> + <ul> + <li>(26/11/00) <i>Documentation update.</i> + <a href="news.html#new2">Read more...</a> + <li>(18/11/00) + <i>MDK 0.1.1 release. </i> + New version of MDK. + <a href="news.html#new1">Read more...</a> + </ul> + <p align="right"><font color="#000069" size="+1"> + What is the MIX? + </font></p> + <b>MIX</b> is Donald Knuth's mythical computer as described + in his monumental work <a + href="http://Sunburn.Stanford.EDU/~knuth/taocp.html"> The + Art Of Computer Programming</a>. As any of its real + counterparts, the MIX features registers, memory cells, an + overflow toggle, comparison flags, input-output devices, and + a set of binary instructions executable by its virtual + CPU. You can programme the MIX using an assembly language + called <b>MIXAL</b>, the MIX Assembly Language. + <p> So, what's the use of learning MIXAL? The MIX computer is a simplified + version of real CISC computers, and its assembly language + closely resembles real ones. You can learn MIX/MIXAL as an introduction + to computer architecture and assembly programming: + see the <a href="mdk.html">MDK documentation</a> + for a <a href="mdk_2.html">tutorial</a> on MIX and MIXAL. </p> + <br> <br> + <p align="right"><font color="#000069" size="+1"> + What is the MDK? + </font></p> + The <b>M</b>IX <b>D</b>evelopment <b>K</b>it offers an emulation of + <b>MIX</b> and <b>MIXAL</b>. The <a href="download.html"> + current version</a> of MDK includes two applications: + <ul> + <li><b><i>mixasm</i></b> A MIXAL compiler, which + translates your source files into binary ones, executable + by the MIX virtual machine. + <li><b><i>mixvm</i></b> A MIX virtual machine which is + able to run and debug compiled MIXAL programs, using a + command line interface with readline's line editting + capabilities. + </ul> + Using the MDK tools, you'll be able to + <ul> + <li>write, compile and execute MIXAL programs, + <li>set breakpoints and run your programs step by step, + <li>inspect and modify the MIX registers, flags and memory + contents at any step, + <li>simulate MIX input-output devices using the standard + output and your file system. + </ul> + See the MDK <a href="mdk.html">user's manual</a> for a complete + description of the toolkit. + The MDK utils will run on any GNU/Linux box (see + <a href="download.html#reqs">requirements</a>) and, of course, are + <a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">free software</a>. + <p align="right"><font color="#000069" size="+1"> + Planned features + </font></p> + MDK is currently under active development, and there are some + planned additional features I have in mind, e.g. + <ul> + <li> tracing of executed instructions in <b><i>mixvm</i></b>, + <li> allow MIXAL instructions as commands at the + <b><i>mixvm</i></b> prompt, + <li> include execution timing statistics, + <li> ncurses based frontend, + <li> GTK++/GNOME support, + </ul> + Please, <a href="mailto:jaortega@acm.org">let me know</a> which + of these features would you like better. + <p align="right"> + Contact the <a href="mailto:jaortega@acm.org">author.</a> + </p> + </td> + <td bgcolor="#696969" > </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td bgcolor="#909090"> </td> + <td colspan="2"> </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td bgcolor="#909090"> </td> + <td colspan="2" bgcolor="#909090" align="right"> + <i>last updated Mon Nov 27 00:30:40 </i> + </td> + </tr> </table> </body> |