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The Micro8 microcode assembler

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This paper describes Micro8, a commercially-available microcode assembler written in ISO standard Pascal to enhance portability. Micro8 is designed to be a useful tool for both bit-slice and discrete logic designs. Considerable flexibility in definition of the microinstruction is provided to support both vertical and horizontal microwords. Debugging assistance is included in the form of a symbol cross reference listing, a map of control store locations, and diagnostic messages. Various features provided by the assembler are described, as are examples of typical microprogram sections.

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  1. 1 Powers, V. Michael, and Hernandez, Jose H., "Microprogram Assemblers for Bit-Slice Microprocessors", in Computer, July 1978.Google ScholarGoogle Scholar
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          cover image ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter
          ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter  Volume 12, Issue 4
          Dec. 1981
          187 pages
          ISSN:1050-916X
          DOI:10.1145/1014192
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          • cover image ACM Conferences
            MICRO 14: Proceedings of the 14th annual workshop on Microprogramming
            December 1981
            214 pages

          Copyright © 1981 Author

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          New York, NY, United States

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