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TinyELF
TinyELF 1.10

TinyELF
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  Category: Hobbies / Entertainment

Date Submitted: April 11, 2001
Last Updated: June 10, 2003

Summary: Emulator of 1802-based computers.
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Average Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 stars | Review this application

Features:
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RAM Used:
  • 61KB
  • Minimum Requirements:
  • Any Palm OS Hardware
  • Palm OS 2.0
  • Resolutions Supported:
  • Palm Standard (160x160)
  • Application Description

    TinyELF is an emulator of 1802-based microcomputers that runs on Palm OS handhelds.

    The RCA CDP1802 microprocessor was the basis for a number of small computers in the mid-70s through the early eighties. The original ELF was described in an August 1976 Popular Electronics article by Joseph Weisbecker, who later expanded the machine with more memory, a hexadecimal keypad and primitive video output. Several companies soon followed with 1802-based computers of their own.

    Visit http://www.cosmacelf.com for more on the history of 1802-based computing, data sheets, document scans, a message board, related links and more. You'll even find Tom Pittman's A Short Course in Programming to teach you 1802 machine language and microprocessor concepts!

    TinyELF features:

    • Emulates both basic ELF and ELF II panel layouts.
    • Automatically switches to accommodate video when the virtual 1861 Pixie graphics chip is activated.
    • Selectable memory: 256 bytes, 4K or 16K.
    • Save, load and delete 1802 programs.
    • Comes with several test programs in an optionally installed database:
      • Starship Classic video display program.
      • Starship Animation program from Popular Electronics.
      • Seconds Clock video program by Tom Pittman (slightly modified to run faster on the emulator).
      • Output Test increments the hexadecimal display and flashes the Q LED.
    • The TinyELF Palm Utility for Mac OS X is now available for easily importing and exporting programs.
    • Freeware! Enjoy the program and feel free to share it with other classic computer enthusiasts!

    This program was developed entirely on a Palm handheld using Quartus Forth and RsrcEdit.


    Updated Description:

    Version 1.10 adds:

    • ASCII keyboard support.
    • New display bitmaps for "classic" skin to more accurately represent that computer.
    • New sample programs, including Tom Pittman's Tiny BASIC and V. G. Cayer's Kaleidoscope.
    • Fix to an interrupt related problem with the IDL instruction.
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    User Reviews
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    667 of 1289 people found this review helpful:
     
    10-Jun-03 by Mark Graybill
    Excellent product! It puts one of the best microprocessor trainers of all time in the palm of your hand. Behaves just as I remember my original Elf operating over 25 years ago. The implementation of the Pixie video graphics is great.
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    07-May-01 by Neal Bridges
    This is a very neat app. The 1802 is the heart of the Voyager, Viking and Galileo probes; it's an important part of the history of both computing and space exploration.
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