KENBAK-1 IDE
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MICHAEL GARDI
Aug 30, 2021, 12:41:48 PM8/30/21
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I have just created a new release of my KENBAK_ide:
It's a complete development environment for creating KENBAK-1 programs with integrated Assembler, Debugger, and Emulator. The two major improvements to this version are:
- The IDE will now create a comma delimited octal value text file of your program suitable for downloading to your uKENBAK-1 via serial.
- I have added a KENBAK-1 Front Panel Simulator to the IDE so that you can test and debug your programs prior to downloading.
Mike
Tom Wilson
Aug 30, 2021, 1:31:42 PM8/30/21
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Checking it out now!
I have zero experience with the Kenbak, but I'm thinking of buying both the "ruler" and Chris's standard kit, mostly for display purposes. (I want that binary clock...)
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Tom Wilson
Aug 30, 2021, 1:43:03 PM8/30/21
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dumb question here: how do I start the front panel emulator? I see a Console button, but when I click that, I just get a blank window:
Am I missing a dependency, maybe? Which version of Python should I be using?
Tom Wilson
Aug 30, 2021, 1:58:22 PM8/30/21
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Ok, working on Linux. I'll try again later on Windows. On my Debian VM, I did have to run a couple of commands to get tkinter installed:
python3 -m pip -V install tk
sudo apt-get install python3-tk
MICHAEL GARDI
Aug 30, 2021, 2:23:20 PM8/30/21
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I'm surprised that you had to install tkinter. My understanding is that it is a framework built into the Python standard library. The Console issue might be because the Front Panel Text Colored.gif file is not in the same folder as the KENBAK_ide.py file.
Mike
Tom Wilson
Aug 30, 2021, 3:23:36 PM8/30/21
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I'm surprised that you had to install tkinter. My understanding is that it is a framework built into the Python standard library. The Console issue might be because the Front Panel Text Colored.gif file is not in the same folder as the KENBAK_ide.py file.
Python did not come pre-installed on my Debian distro or (obviously) my Windows 10 PC. When I installed Python using apt-get, it looks like only the basic python distribution was installed. I am working on a program that uses PyGame for its UI, and I had to install pip (to get pygame) separately. So it's not a complete surprise that tkinter was also not installed by default.
On Windows, the installer has checkboxes for certain components. if you don't check the box for pip and tcl/tk, then they won't be installed. (I don't know what the default is, since I already have those on my Windows system.)
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Tom Lake
Sep 1, 2021, 1:26:50 AM9/1/21
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On Windows WSL2 I had to do
sudo apt install python-pip
before I did these:
python3 -m pip -V install tk
sudo apt-get install python3-tk
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Tom Wilson
Sep 1, 2021, 1:45:57 AM9/1/21
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Yeah, sorry for not mentioning that. pip isn't installed by default, either, so you have to do the apt-get to install it.
So the correct sequence is
sudo apt-get install python-pip
python3 -m pip -V install tksudo apt-get install python3-tk
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Rolf Strand
Sep 8, 2021, 4:02:03 PM9/8/21
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Mike,
Feature request:
Maybe this is already there and I do not know how to use it.
When single stepping or in auto, if the current pc line is not being displayed, have the display scroll to show it.
Rolf
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