emuStudio is a desktop application used for computer emulation and writing programs for emulated computers. It extensible; it encourages developers to write their own computer emulators.
The main goal of emuStudio is to support the "compile-load-emulate" workflow, aiming at students or anyone to help to learn about older but important computers or even abstract machines.
emuStudio is very appropriate for use at schools, e.g. when students are doing first steps in assembler, or when they are taught about computer history. For example, emuStudio is used at the Technical University of Košice since 2007.
emuStudio was written based on existing emulators, sites and existing documentation of real hardware. For example:
Projects:
Sites:
Discord:
At first, either compile or download emuStudio. The prerequisite is to have installed Java, at least version 11 (download here).
Then, unzip the tar/zip file (emuStudio-xxx.zip
) and run it using command:
> ./emuStudio
> emuStudio.bat
NOTE: Currently supported are Linux and Windows. Mac is NOT supported, but it might work to some extent.
For more information, please read user documentation.
Anyone can contribute. Before start, please read developer documentation, which includes information like:
There exist some additional projects, which are used by emuStudio, useful for contributors: