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MUSIC: a simulated computer for teaching purposes

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MUSIC (Massey University simple Instructional Computer) was designed to fit into a university computer science course and nevertheless to remain realistic. It is a one-address machine with a byte-addressed virtual memory and a fixed format macro-assembly language, and is implemented as an assembler and emulator running on a Burroughs B6700. It has been used very successfully as a teaching tool for two years, notably because of its straightforward design and the provision of excellent error messages.

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        cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
        ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 9, Issue 4
        Dec. 1977
        84 pages
        ISSN:0097-8418
        DOI:10.1145/382181
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