Nows your chance. https://gunkies.org/wiki/Running_TOPS-20_V4.1_under_SIMH
On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 4:38 PM Joe Monk <[email protected]> wrote: > > My GE 1101 (1st level Gen Engineering) class was PASCAL programming on a > DecSystem running TOPS20. > > Never used it again. > > Joe > > On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 3:55 PM Brian Westerman < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > ME Too!! I can't remember ever using my Fortran after the class was > > over. Luckily the instructor also offered an assembler class that he > > taught "on the side" for an extra $50. I still use the stuff he taught us > > almost every day. > > > > Brian > > > > On Sat, 17 Sep 2022 19:29:01 +0000, Farley, Peter x23353 < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > >My experience was the opposite of yours over a few more years (50). I > > learned assembler early via OJT at one of my first permanent jobs, and got > > to use it more and more as I moved to other employers. Knowing assembler > > got me in the door at more than one of those employers. > > > > > >It was the FORTRAN I learned in engineering college that I never used > > anywhere else. > > > > > >Peter > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf > > Of Bob T Roller > > >Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2022 3:17 PM > > >To: [email protected] > > >Subject: Re: Assembler courses > > > > > >Learning assembler is like taking latin in high school. It might help you > > on Jeopardy but will not be of much help in real life. I took assembler in > > college & never used it and never worked at an employer that used it. > > That’s a dozen+ employers over 45 years. > > > > > >Sent from Proton Mail for iOS > > > > > >On Fr , Sep 16, 2022 at 10:11 PM, Gary Weinhold <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> To help a person who has COBOL and C language experience learn to write > > assembler, I would like them to learn from the start both reentrant and > > baseless coding techniques. Is there training available that assumes the > > instruction set available on the z12 is the starting point and that teaches > > reentrancy as the norm? > > >> > > >> (Cross-posted to IBM-Main and Assembler-list) > > >> > > >> Gary Weinhold > > >> Senior Application Architect > > >> DATAKINETICS | Data Performance & Optimization > > >> Phone:+1.613.523.5500 x216 > > >> Email: [email protected] > > >-- > > > > > >This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the > > addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. > > If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized > > representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > > dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have > > received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by > > e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. > > > > > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > >send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
