README.md
1BSVC: A Microprocessor Simulation Framework
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4BSVC is a microprocessor simulation framework written in C++ and Tcl/Tk.
5It was developed as a senior design project at North Carolina State
6University by Bradford W. Mott (see the Credits.txt file for copyright
7information).
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9Since its original development many professors and students have found
10BSVC to be a useful tool in courses based on the Motorola 68000. It has
11also been used as a starting point for other senior design projects.
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13In April 2015, maintenance was restarted by Dan Cross and the system was
14relicensed under the GNU Public License, version 2.1.
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16The BSVC distribution contains the following:
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18* Motorola 68000 simulator & assembler (Supports the M68681 Dual UART)
19* Motorola 68360 simulator (CPU32 like simulator)
20* Simple devices including the M68681 DUART, a timer, RAM and a GDB interface
21* BSVC Graphical User Interface (written in Tcl/Tk)
22* BSVC Simulator Framework (C++ classes)
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24Code cross-compiled with GCC is known to load and run.
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26Supported Systems
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28The BSVC distribution is known to compile on the following systems:
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30* Linux
31* Solaris
32* Mac OS X
33* FreeBSD
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35Any reasonable POSIX system should work.
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37Required Software
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39BSVC requires the following software to compile and run:
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41* C++11 and C11 compliant compilers for C++ and C, respectively.
42 Both clang and recent versions of GCC are known to work.
43* GNU Make
44* A recent version of Tcl/Tk
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46Distribution Site
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48The BSVC distribution can be downloaded from Github:
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50 https://github.com/BSVC/bsvc
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52Copyright and License
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54BSVC is Copyright (C) 1993 - 1998 by Bradford W. Mott
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56BSVC is free software. It is released under the terms of the GNU
57General Public License, version 2.1.
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59Contacts
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61For more information see the BSVC site on Github.
62
63If you have any questions regarding BSVC send mail to:
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65* bsvc-users@googlegroups.com
66 (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/bsvc-users)
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68If you want to receive email announcements about future releases,
69subscribe to:
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71* bsvc-announce@googlegroups.com
72 (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/bsvc-announce)
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