Dear all,

I came across MUDBUG a monitor for the MC6800. It is much more “sophisticated” 
then MIKBUG and friends…

I did find a report at a .gov website that shows the manual and schematics. 
Could not find anything on the website of Arizona State University which did a 
great part of the development.

The question is if there is a) a S19 file, but rather the asm source code?

It would be nice historically to add this to the legacy of mikbug, minibug, etc.

Regards, Roland

MUDBUG

MUDBUG was a monitor and debugger program created for the Motorola 6800 by 
developers at Arizona State University in the mid-1970s. Designed as a resident 
system tool for low-level program control, MUDBUG provided early microcomputer 
users with interactive facilities to inspect, modify, and debug memory and 
registers. It exemplified the era’s shift toward software-based development 
environments for new microprocessors.

Key facts

Platform: Motorola 6800
Type: Machine-language monitor/debugger
Developed at: Arizona State University
Period: Circa mid-1970s
Purpose: Memory and register examination, program testing, and I/O control
Background and development

MUDBUG emerged shortly after Motorola’s introduction of the 6800 microprocessor 
in 1974, a period when educational and research groups built tools to support 
the device’s use in embedded and teaching contexts. Arizona State University’s 
version extended the capabilities of Motorola’s own MIKBUG monitor, offering 
improved memory handling and command flexibility for laboratory instruction and 
small-scale system development.



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