This directory contains three variants of the 
"Master Mind Calculator" calculator by Wolfgang Strobl,
based on a Microchip PIC 16F84.



o This PIC design realizes a solver for the "mastermind" game
  with four places and seven colors. It demonstrates the Hades
  model of the PIC16F84, power-down mode, and the use of
  multiplexed seven-segment displays.

  * mastermind.hds           
                             original version, external PIC clock,
                             dump displays, slowest

  * fast-mastermind-mux.hds 
                             improved simulation using the "fast PIC"    
                             model with internal clock and smart
                             multiplexed seven-segment displays 

  * smart-mastermind-mux.hds
                             improved simulation using the "smart PIC"
                             model with internal clock and cycle-based
                             simulation, and using the multiplexed
                             seven-segment displays, fastest

o Both design idea and original software are by Wolfgang Strobl of GMD.
  See his original documentation in "pic-mastermind-index.html"
  and "mm47bas.htm", or see http://ntklotz.gmd.de/strobl.

  These files also include an user guide and the full hardware component 
  listing, in case you want to build the device.

o Note that you should use a fast computer and Java virtual machine
  to get acceptable interactive response times for the seven-segment
  displays. Also, for best performance, you should load the
  "smart-mastermind-mux.hds" design, which uses the cycle-based 
  simulation variant of the Hades PIC core.
