cardiograph-computer/bibliography.md

Bibliography

Entries in bold are especially influential to my work on this project so far.

To-read

• https://www.drdobbs.com/embedded-systems/paper-to-fpga/240155922
• LMC:
  • http://elearning.algonquincollege.com/coursemat/dat2343/lectures.f03/12-LMC.htm
  • http://www.povinelli.org/teaching/eece2710/lmc.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20220628132003/https://thgie.ch/notes/Paper%20Computer.html
• https://wiki.osdev.org/Expanded_Main_Page
  • (I haven't looked at this in this context at all yet)
• https://www.computerenhance.com/p/table-of-contents
• https://turingcomplete.game

Games

• https://xscx.itch.io/110
• https://jimhall.itch.io/toy-cpu
• https://annwan.itch.io/a-cpu
• https://nandgame.com
• https://tobiasvl.itch.io/flip-8
• https://internet-janitor.itch.io/octo

Machines

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHIP-8
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KIM-1
• BBC Micro:bit

4-bits

• https://github.com/Subsystems-us/4-bit-Microprocessor-Trainer/blob/main/SubsySTEM2_Manual_rev01.pdf
• https://blog.lapinozz.com/learning/2016/11/19/calculator-with-caordboard-and-marbles.html
• https://jacobsweeten.github.io/4-Bit-Computer/
• CHUMP
  • http://darcy.rsgc.on.ca/ACES/TEI4M/4BitComputer/index.html
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=b5qDwCN9Q2c

Misc./To-sort

• https://retrocomputingforum.com/t/some-mechanical-and-optical-curiosities/1598/5
• "Coloring computers"
• "NAND to Tetris" / Elements of Computing Systems
• Charles Petzold, Code.
• Mark Jones Lorenzo, The Paper Computer Unfolded: A Twenty-First Century Guide to the Bell Labs CARDIAC (CARDboard Illustrative Aid to Computation), the LMC (Little Man Computer), and the IPC (Instructo Paper Computer) (self published, 2017).

Implementation reference

Assembler design

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10244422/how-is-a-2-pass-assembler-different-from-a-one-pass-assembler-in-resolving-the-f
  • https://gear.kku.ac.th/~watis/courses/188231/sp2-4.pdf

Javascript

• https://devhints.io/jsdoc
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25354313/saving-a-uint8array-to-a-binary-file

Temporary(?) references

• Putting the “You” in CPU

  • on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36823605
  • "These projects are really fun. On the other hand, you might want to learn in a way that lets you build hardware (esp for FPGA's). For that, I suggest a few types of books with examples: ..." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36825693

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29193303/6502-emulation-proper-way-to-implement-adc-and-sbc

• http://6502.org/tutorials/6502opcodes.html

Learning about CPUs

• http://skilldrick.github.io/easy6502/
• Beagle Bros "6502 instruction reference"

Instructional/toy computers

Paper based

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CARDboard_Illustrative_Aid_to_Computation
  • <3
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_man_computer
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WDR_paper_computer

Mechanical

• Paperclip Computer
  • https://hackaday.com/2020/02/08/a-modern-take-on-the-paperclip-computer/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digi-Comp_I
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digi-Comp_II
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_Tumble
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Nim
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geniac

Virtual machine

• https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/uxn.html
  • <3

Computer games

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIS-100
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Resource_Machine
  • I haven't played this one