TinyELF simulates a small computer popular in the 1970s, the ELF II. The bare-bones nature of this machine made it ideal for learning the fundamentals of computing. These concepts still apply to today's computers.

Part 1 of this help book is a tutorial on the ELF II. You should be able to use TinyELF for all of the exercises and experiments in the tutorial.

Part 2 describes features of TinyELF that go beyond the ELF II, such as saving programs to your hard disk, or using the Debug panels to watch what's going on inside the computer.

Part 1: A Short Course in Programming* by Tom Pittman

• Chapter 0 - How To Read This Book
• Chapter 1 - What Is A Computer?
• Chapter 2 - The ELF II
• Chapter 3 - I/O and Branches
• Chapter 4 - Register Operations
• Chapter 5 - Arithmetic and Logic
• Chapter 6 - Control Instructions
• Chapter 7 - Interrupts and DMA
• Appendix A - Instruction Summary
• Appendix B - Binary and Hexadecimal Numbers

Part 2: Using TinyELF's Features

• Loading and Running Stored Programs
• Saving Programs
• Using the Hex Keypad
• Single-Stepping and Viewing Registers
• Viewing and Changing Memory Contents
• Tracing Program Execution
• Working with Breakpoints
• Setting Preferences
• Sample Program Notes
• About Audio
• About File Types

* (A Short Course In Programming is Copyright 1980 by Tom Pittman, and is reproduced in TinyELF's help book with the author's permission. Visit Tom's website.)