Re: Proposed Assembler Commands

On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 06:02:38 -0400, Mike Monett <no@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

>To All,
>
>Microprocessors have become so simple that it seems anyone can program
>them nowadays. But think of what it was like when the first processors
>came out and you had to program around noisy circuits and unreliable
>memory.
>
>For example, here is a list of assembler commands that emulate the
>performance of the first computers. (They were found in old Deja View
>files.)
>
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Assembler Commands:
>
> MNEMONIC INSTRUCTION
>
> AAAH Add And Automatically Halt
> AAC Alter All Commands
> AAN Add Ad Nauseam
> AAR Alter At Random
> AARTZ Add And Reset To Zero
> AB Add Backwards
> ACM Automatically Clear Memory
> ADG Add Garbage
> AIB Attack Innocent Bystander
> ARRN Add and Reset to Random Number
> AWTT Assemble With Tinker Toys
> BAC Branch to Alpha Centauri
> BAF Blow All Fuses
> BAFL Branch And Flush
> BAH Branch And Hang
> BB Branch on Bug
> BBBF Branch on Bit Bucket Full
> BBC Branch Before Compare
> BBIL Branch on Blown Indicator Light
> BBL Branch on Burnt Out Light
> BBO Branch on Bathtub Overflow
> BBT Branch on Binary Tree
> BBW Branch Both Ways
> BCF Branch on chip box full


Most of these are ancient S/360 instructions. But BCF is the opcode
for Branch and Catch Fire.

John


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