CEG's Linux User Group

At one point of time all engineering students would have wanted an 8085 simulator. We would have found one in the internet but we wouldnt have been satisfied. So we would have been waiting to see one OpenSource simulator. Here is one of its kind. I'll introduce it to you, and give you some basic steps of how to go about with it.

You can download the simulator from here.

Official Site:

http://gnusim8085.sourceforge.net/

Installing GNUSIM8085 in your Linux PC:

1. Before you could install it, you need to have the following dependencies installed.(These dependencies can be available in the synaptic package manager. To know how to work with the synaptic package manager, refer this page)
   1. gcc compiler- To install gcc, you can download the build-essential package
   2. libgnomeui-dev -5mb
   3. libgtksourceview-dev version 1.8.0 - 396 kb
2. Extract the downloaded tarball into a folder of your choice. e.g. I have done it in my Desktop.
3. Now open Terminal.
4. Navigate to the extracted folder. For me it is, /home/username/Desktop/gnusim8085-1.3.2
5. Now type sudo su
6. Enter the password if it prompts for.
7. Now type ./configure
8. If there are any dependencies not installed, then this process should inform you about the requirements. Lest this gets done, and you have your prompt as usual.
9. Now type sudo make
10. You will have pages of instructions running.
11. When you see the prompt again, type sudo make install
12. Now the 8085 simulator is installed(in the same directory as extracted) in your Linux PC!!