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MICROSIM: A microinstruction simulator for teaching microprogramming and emulation

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This paper describes in the format of a user's manual, along with an example, a program for teaching microprogramming and emulation. This program simulates at the microinstruction set level the architecture of a 16-bit microprogram-controlled minicomputer. This simulator, as an instructional vehicle, has been successfully used in a software engineering laboratory adjunct to a regular course in microprogramming and computer architecture.

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