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Name that instruction set!
« on: May 30, 2007, 11:29:46 AM »
Name that Instruction set.

This is from an era when SPS , AutoCoder and CardSytems were fashionable!

(Author unknown - SALVO HONORES ET TITULIS)

Instruction   Meaning
---------------   ------------

BAH      Branch and Hang
IIB      Ignore interrupt and branch
TDB      Transfer and drop bits
DO      Divide and overflow
DC      Divide and conquer
SRZ      Subtract and reset to zero
PIC      Punch invalid character
SSJ      Select stacker and jam
RAST      Read and shred tape
CMI      Clobber monitor immediately
SRSD      Seek record and scar disk
BST      Backspace and stretch tape
RIRG      Read inter record gap
UDR      Update and delete record
RS      Random slew
SSB      Scramble status byte
EDR      Execute destructive read
EIOC      Execute invalid op code
EP      Execute programmer
ERM      Erase reserved memory
PBD      Print and break drum
MLR      Move and lose record
CRN      Convert to Roman numerals
IDPS      Ignore disk protection switch
HCF      Halt and catch fire
FOPC      (Set) false out-of-paper condition
WUPO      Wad up printer output
IEOF      Ignore end of file
DWIT      Do what I'm thinking
PPL      Perform perpertual loop
ZD      Zap directory
DSH      Destroy sector heading
DAP      Deselect active peripheral
SMD      Spontaneous memory dump
        (use only when payroll checks are loaded)
SFTT      Strip form tractor teeth
HRPR      Hang up ruin printer ribbon
ACQT      Advance clock to quitting time
RCFB      Read cardfile backwards
IDI      Invoke devine intervention      
 ;D

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Re: Name that instruction set!
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2007, 07:20:45 PM »
Assembler 'I wish' instructions - more here...

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