(UPDATE: I think i've got this one answered, thank you everyone!)
People of mastodon!
Super weird question, but ...
... is anyone out there conversant in Assembly for a 1960s-era IBM 7090, or machines of that lineage?
I'm working on an article that includes some Assembly of that vintage ...
... and want to make sure I'm describing what it does correctly
if this describes you or someone you know ...
... hit me up, I'd love to tap your expertise!
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@clive First assembler I learned was of the 360/370 IBM architecture. 7090 predates this by a while.
the 7090 uses "MAP" Macro Assembly Program. But this gets expanded (macros) and translated to actual machine language. However, the assembler will be close to the architecture. In particular you need to understand addressing modes. (in 370, there is a base register containing RAM address, and displacement value which is added to base address). This is seen throughout 370 assembly.
Clive Thompson
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