Twin Cities Code Camp

Techniques for creating CPU and hardware emulators for classic operating systems and arcade games. The presentation will focus on a working emulator for the Intel 8080 processor running under .NET 2.0. The Intel 8080 was the processor used in the original Altair computer system that inspired the founding of Microsoft. The discussion will include an overview of standard computer components, techniques for emulating CPU instructions and hardware, and recommendations for testing and performance. Source code and technical documentation will be available for download.