[geeks] cool webulation idea

[Greg A. Woods]

[ On Wednesday, December 5, 2001 at 11:35:41 (-0800), Fogg, James wrote: ]
> Subject: [geeks] cool webulation idea
>
> I had this idea and was wondering if I've been taking too many codeine
> tablets (had a back injury from a car accident last week).
> 
> I thought it would be cool to build a website that showed the front panel of
> a MITS Altair. Make the switches and lights really do something (by java or
> whatever) and have it follow the function of the original machine. One could
> program an Altair through the web. Since the Altair had no ascii or video
> interface, it could perfectly emulate a real Altair.
> 
> But, how to emulate the 8080A logic. Is this info available now that the
> 8080 is 30 years old?

You've got to be kidding, right?  You can probably find Altair schematics!

This is one of over 80 links I found instantly on google with a very
specific search for ``"8080 emulator" source code'':

	http://sourceforge.net/projects/i8080jm/

I know a fellow locally who wrote a z80 emulator a while back and tested
it by booting CP/M and running some old software he had once used.....

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