Intel 8080 Emulator

This project is an implementation of an Intel 8080 CPU emulator, developed in pure C, using SDL2 to render the video memory buffer in a graphical window.

Features

• Full emulation of the Intel 8080 CPU.
• Uses SDL2 to display the video and memory buffer.
• Loads and executes binaries compatible with the Intel 8080.

Dependencies

To compile and run the emulator, ensure the following tools are installed:

• GCC (version 10.2.1)
• GNU Make (version 4.3)
• SDL2 (version 2.0.14)

Installing dependencies on Ubuntu/Debian:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install build-essential libsdl2-dev

Installing dependencies on Arch Linux:

sudo pacman -S base-devel sdl2

Installing dependencies on MacOS (Homebrew):

brew install sdl2

Compilation and execution:

make all
make run

or

make debug

Explanation

- build/: Where the compiled object files and the final emulator binary (`main`) live.
- include/: Header files with declarations, defines, and interfaces.
- rom/: Contains your assembly code, compiled binaries, and test CPU programs.
- src/: All your C source files making the emulator tick.
- gdb_script.gdb: Script to help automate debugging sessions with GDB.
- Makefile: Handles compiling and linking everything in the right order.

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