This article reviews the GNUSim8085 (v1.3.7) a graphical simulator, assembler and debugger for the Intel 8085 microprocessor.
The Intel 8085 is an 8-bit microprocessor that was launched by Intel in 1977 and hence is something that we have never seen around. So why do we need to learn about the programming model and instruction set of this old microprocessor? The microprocessors we use are all for general-purpose computing but there are other applications of computers such as making automatic solar tracking-panels, automatic power-controls, or security control systems. For such applications, general-purpose CPUs are unnecessary-a waste of resources; a low powered CPU is what we need. The Intel 8085 is one of the candidates. To program this piece of hardware, we first need to know the programming model-the logical structure of the programmable registers, flags, and the instruction set.
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