PDP-13 [pdp13]

A 16-bit minicomputer simulation for Minetest, inspired by DEC, IBM, and other Vintage Computers from the 60s and 70s.

A computer simulation that will take you back to the beginnings of programming:

• Machine code
• Telewriter
• Punch tapes
• Terminals
• Hard disks
• Tape drives
• Monitor program with assembler / disassembler (in-game)
• RAM and ROM chips to expand the computer
• Communication possibilities between computers
• Output possibilities like color lamp and 7-segment node
• Compatible to TechAge and TechPack (tubelib) to be able control machines
• J/OS operating system to be able to boot from drives
• commands like: ls, cat, mkdir, rm, cd, cp, disk, format, ...
• Macro assembler application
• Many ASM stdlib and example files

On client side Minetest 5.4 is recommended (font=mono)

This mod is based on vm16, a virtual CPU implemented as Lua library with an outstanding performance.

Manuals

Manuals are on GitHub The main manual is available in German and English. The English translation was made by Flitzpiepe

License

Copyright (C) 2019-2022 Joe (iauit@gmx.de) Code: Licensed under the GNU AGPL version 3 or later. See LICENSE.txt
Textures: CC BY-SA 3.0
Sound: 271163__alienxxx__beep-008.wav from freesound.org,
licensed under the Attribution License.

Dependencies

Required: default, vm16, techage or tubelib

History

• 2019-12-03 v0.01 * First draft
• 2020-12-05 v0.02 * Restructure completely and adapt to new vm16
• 2020-12-15 v0.03 * Add memory rack, monitor program, ICs and much more
• 2020-12-18 v0.04 * Add UDP like communication mechanism
• 2020-12-20 v0.05 * Add OS ROM chip and exam2
• 2020-12-28 v0.06 * Add terminal, tape drive, hard dirk, and more
• 2021-01-03 v0.07 * Add terminal history buffer, update manual, fix bugs
• 2021-01-07 v0.08 * Add macro asm, OS install process, and many more
• 2021-01-13 v0.09 * Add new macro asm, add dir level for drive 'h'
• 2021-08-28 v0.10 * Change exe/asm search paths, add new commands to J/OS v0.2
• 2021-08-31 v0.11 * Prepared for TechPack
• 2021-09-05 v0.12 * Rework the exams
• 2022-05-07 v0.13 * Adapt to vm16 v3.5