(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!
[email protected] is the fastest
@clive
I can’t help on 7090, but learned S/360 Macro Assembler as part of a four course, two semester CS bootcamp taught by Andy van Dam et al. 1967-68.
One suggestion on assembly language of that era: recognize the role of ‘Macro Assembly Language’ as the most important component of the stack used to build large and important program products. Macros created apps, API’s, and programming languages using shared macro libraries. OS/360 used layered libraries to Sysgen an executable binary.
that's cool, thank you!
@clive
This Wikipedia reference on assembly language and macros may be helpful:
good call, thank you!
Clive Thompson
Greg Lloyd