Ben Eater's 8-Bit Computer

Ben Eater's computer in Vue2. Works with node@v16.

For more information about the reference implementation of the computer, check out Ben Eater's homepage.

Quickstart

npm install
npm run dev

Running test program

To run the test program, follow these steps:

1. Uncheck the Enable astable generator flag in the Clock module;
2. Click Reset to clear bus;
3. Click Load program – wait until it finishes;
4. Check back the Enable astable generator flag in the module;

The program will start counting down by 32 to 0 and back up.

Modifying the test program

A test program is available in the src/MainApplication.vue file in the PROGRAM constant.

Instruction addresses in the program are counted from 0. For example jmp 4 means jump to the position of the 5th instruction in the program.

sub 9   ; substract from address 9
jz  4   ; jump-if-zero to address 4
out     ; display A register
jmp 0
add 9   ; add from address 9
jc  0   ; jump-if-carry to address 0
out     ; display A register
jmp 4
db  10  ; value of 10, unused
db  32  ; value of 32

Project Setup

npm install

Compile and Hot-Reload for Development

npm run dev

Compile and Minify for Production

npm run build

Lint with ESLint

npm run lint