Altair 8800 Operator’s Manual

Contents:

• PART 0: PREFACE: COLOPHON, CREDITS, ETC.
• PART 1: INTRODUCTION
  • A. LOGIC
  • B. ELECTRONIC LOGIC
  • C. NUMBER SYSTEMS
  • D. THE BINARY SYSTEM
  • E. THE OCTAL SYSTEM
  • F. COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
  • G. A SIMPLE PROGRAM
  • H. COMPUTER LANGUAGES
• PART 2: ORGANIZATION OF THE ALTAIR 8800
  • A. CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU)
  • B. MEMORY
  • C. CLOCK
  • D. INPUT/OUTPUT
• PART 3: OPERATION OF THE ALTAIR 8800
  • A. THE FRONT PANEL SWITCHES AND LEDs
  • B. LOADING A SAMPLE PROGRAM
  • C. USING THE MEMORY
  • D. MEMORY ADDRESSING
  • E. OPERATING HINTS
• PART 4: ALTAIR 8800 INSTRUCTION SET
  • A. COMMAND INSTRUCTIONS
  • B. SINGLE REGISTER INSTRUCTIONS
  • C. REGISTER PAIR INSTRUCTIONS
  • D. ROTATE ACCUMULATOR INSTRUCTIONS
  • E. DATA TRANSFER INSTRUCTIONS
  • F. IMMEDIATE INSTRUCTIONS
  • G. BRANCHING INSTRUCTIONS
• APPENDIX A: ALTAIR 8800 INSTRUCTION SET
  • A. COMMAND INSTRUCTIONS
  • B. SINGLE REGISTER INSTRUCTIONS
  • C. REGISTER PAIR INSTRUCTIONS
  • D. ROTATE ACCUMULATOR INSTRUCTIONS
  • E. DATA TRANSFER INSTRUCTIONS
  • G. BRANCHING INSTRUCTIONS
• APPENDIX B: SETTING UP LINUX FOR ALTAIR 8800
  • PACKAGES
  • WRITE AND ASSEMBLE SOURCE CODE
  • RUN YOUR PROGRAM IN THE SOFTWARE SIMULATOR
  • CONNECTING THE ALTAIR CLONE
  • CONFIGURING MINICOM
  • ~/.MINIRC.ALTAIR
  • GOING “LIVE”: RUNNING YOUR PROGRAM ON THE ALTAIR CLONE
  • MAKEFILE
  • GETTING INPUT / DISPLAYING OUTPUT
  • TIPS
  • KERMIT NOTES
• ADDENDUM: FAST FORWARD - 2020
• RESOURCES
• SERVICE
• MITS ALTATR 8800 Price List
  • Manuals
  • Postage & Terms

Indices and tables

• Index

• Module Index

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