Introduction

The MFS-16 is a virtual computer, designed from scratch, with an original CPU instruction set and assembly language. The project attempts to be an accurate virtual representation of a theoretical computing system that could be implemented as real hardware.

The instruction set, assembly language, and general system architecture are entirely original, with particular inspiration taken from the Intel 8080 and Zilog Z80 instruction sets.

The MFS-16 code repository can be found here. The repository includes the core MFS-16 system, an assembler for assembling your own MFS-16 programs, and a desktop frontend with keyboard input, graphical display, user configuration, and a debugger.