Version 9.3.0

This version fixes the following bug.

  • The “Copy to Microcode” operation now correctly affects the MDR signals.

This version provides the following improvements.

  • Reduced the width of the memory dump from eight to four bytes.
  • Implemented Hi-DPI support for Mac OS X.
  • Apple signed app for Mac OS X.

Version 9.2

This version is the result of a refactorization that consolidates the code from four different applications – Pep/9, Pep/9 CPU, Pep/9 Terminal, and Pep/9 Micro – into a single suite of software for ease of maintenance. The Pep/9 CPU application now has the same memory dump pane as the one in the Pep/9 application. The object code view has been restored.

Version 9.1

Version 9.1 implements the two-byte bus data view.

Users can switch between the one-byte bus model and the two-byte bus model with menu selection or keyboard shortcut. The Help facility has source code for every figure in the text and unit tests for every problem in the text for both models. When the user presses the Copy To Source button the application copies the code to the source pane and switches automatically to the appropriate bus model.

This version eliminates the object code view, which might be included in a future release.

Version 9.0beta1

Version 9.0beta1 is the first release of the Pep/9 CPU simulator for use with the fifth edition of Computer Systems. Pep/9 CPU differs from Pep/8 CPU as follows:

  • There is a new status bit called the shadow carry. The shadow carry bit is invisible to the programmer at level ISA3, but is visible at level Mc2. In Pep/8 CPU without the shadow carry, the carry bit must be saved when an internal addition occurs, for example when incrementing the program counter, and restored for implementation of an instruction. In Pep/9 CPU, the shadow carry is used for internal operations, which does not disturb the carry bit. Hence, the carry bit need not be saved and restored.
  • Pep/9 CPU now offers support for two designs — the organization with the original one-byte data bus and the modification with the two-byte data bus. Users can switch between both models in the same application.

Other features of Pep/9 CPU are unchanged. Specifically, users can control the data paths interactively, can write and test microcode programs, and can copy the interactive settings to a line of microcode with the click of a button. The application is a modification of the latest version of the Pep/8 CPU application.

This beta 1 version is feature-incomplete. All the features of the one-byte data bus are available, as they are with the latest version of Pep/8 CPU. Also, the model of the two-byte data bus is complete and functional. Students can write and test microprograms with the two-byte data bus. However, the view is incomplete, so students cannot yet interactively control the data path or see the data flow visually in the data section.