SIC Simulator and Assembler

How to convert source program

to object program
Place the SIC folder in directory C:
Make sure the SIC folder contains a folder,
possibly empty, called files.
The files folder is the target folder for the
assembler.
The program assembler.exe contains a
text editor, the assembler, the loader and a
shortcut to the simulator as well. So, it is
All-in-One :)

How to convert source program

to object program (cont.)
Write your source code in any text file.
Run assembler.exe and open your source
code file from File->Open (or you can use
the editor embedded in it.
If your program contains macros, select
ExpandMacro command from the
MacroProcessing menu, then proceed to
the next step.
Choose Assemble command from the
Assembling menu.

How to convert source program

to object program (cont.)
If successfully assembled, you will get a
message saying so, and 3 files will be
created in the files folder.
Output:
LISAFILE.txt (program listing)
OBJFILE.txt (object program)
INTFILE.txt (just contains a specially-formatted
version of your source code) [not important]

How to convert source program

to object program (cont.)
Next step is to load your object code and
run it on the simulator.
From the Load menu, select Load
command. A new file LISLFILE is
generated, which is the loader's output list
file.
Run the simulator by either selecting SIC
Sim from the assembler or explicitly run
sim.exe in the SIC folder.

Program listing

Object program

How to run your program

Run sim.exe
The following screen appears

Simulator commands(1)
F1: enter data to registers/memory:
You select the name of the register or the
starting memory address, and you can enter
the data manually.

F2: dump conentes of registers/memory

You can view the current data written in the
registers/memory
Very useful for tracing your program during
execution.

Simulator commands(2)
F3: Execute the loaded program, you have 4
options:
F3->F1: Execute till break point. You'll get to
enter the address of the break point. You can
continue execution after the break point by
selecting one of the four options again.
F3->F2: Halt after executing a user defined
number of instructions. You can continue
execution after that by selecting one of the
four options again.
F3->F3: Execute instruction by instruction
F3->F4: Execute till J * instruction is
reached!

Simulator commands(3)
F4: Rest machine and reload program (refresh)

I/O Devices
The simulator supports six simulated SIC devices for use
by SIC programs.
Devices F1, F2, and F3 (files names DEVF1, DEVF2,
and DEVF3) can be used only for input.
Devices 04, 05, and 06 (files names DEV04, DEV05, and
DEV06) can be used only for output.
In any of these files, each byte of data is represented as
one character.
On input, an end-of-line is read as hexadecimal 00; an
end-of-file is read as hexadecimal 04.
On output, writing a hexadecimal 00 causes an
end-of-line to be inserted.
An attempt to execute an RD or WD instruction before
the device is ready will cause an error message.