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Clive Thompson
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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 Aseembly of that vintage ...

... and want to make sure I'm describing what it does correctly

(I'm a programmer but have no experience with Assembly)

if this describes you or someone you know ...

... hit me up, I'd love to tap your expertise!

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Clive Thompson · 33w
(This being mastodon, "hey do any of y'all know 1960s-era IBM 7090 Assembly" may not actually be *that weird* of a question, really)
Riley S. Faelan · 33w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqtyp5we79rr527q30467hfz8ptfy0h8gxpmfn7j64ak6pk6pv4rfsgt4w8z I think I have ran into reading some 7090 code, as historic artefacts, when I was into the Space Race hardware, but I haven't had a chance to write any. You can probably find somebody wh...
Karl Auerbach · 33w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqtyp5we79rr527q30467hfz8ptfy0h8gxpmfn7j64ak6pk6pv4rfsgt4w8z I used (and sometimes operated) UCLA's 7094 in the late 1960's, but as far as I remember, everyone used Fortran. Go IBSYS!!
Firehorseart Lives! · 33w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqtyp5we79rr527q30467hfz8ptfy0h8gxpmfn7j64ak6pk6pv4rfsgt4w8z I'm sure you'll find someone just as sure as I hated learning Assembler as a student. The language hung on as way to save memory space but I preferred COBOL. #assembler #programmin...
jhhl · 33w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqtyp5we79rr527q30467hfz8ptfy0h8gxpmfn7j64ak6pk6pv4rfsgt4w8z Sorry I was about 15 years too late (System/370)
Jack William Bell · 33w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqtyp5we79rr527q30467hfz8ptfy0h8gxpmfn7j64ak6pk6pv4rfsgt4w8z I did some BAL programming on a 390 nearly forty years ago. Even took a college class on it. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Basic_assembly_language_and_successors Honestly? I c...
Lysergic4cid · 33w
damn we should use ai clawbot assembler bot on those IBM machines
Elias MÃ¥rtenson · 33w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqtyp5we79rr527q30467hfz8ptfy0h8gxpmfn7j64ak6pk6pv4rfsgt4w8z I'm learning FORTRAN on this system right now. Unfortunately I haven't gotten to assember yet. Maybe I'll know more in a week, but I would also love to have someone to ask about it.
Poul-Henning Kamp · 33w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqtyp5we79rr527q30467hfz8ptfy0h8gxpmfn7j64ak6pk6pv4rfsgt4w8z Drop me an email.