Burroughs B5700
Assembler? What assembler? Everything was written in Algol except the very first bootstrap, which was in some kind of "pseudo-assembler".
Type
Stack-oriented.
Execution Entry Point
<Describe how/where the program is started i.e. 0? How to get it to start somewhere else?>
Registers
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Interrupts
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Conditional Statements
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examples.
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Input/Output
<How does input and output work? Are they memory mapped or instructions? Describe how to output Hello world! or similar output program.>
Indirection
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Physical Structure
<Describe how the files, libararies, and parts are typically divided and arranged. Do they have typical file extensions in the various forms?> The computer had a lot of blinking lights on the front of it.
Useful Commands
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Tips
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Sources
<Where can you get assemblers, cross assemblers and simulators for this assembly language?>
Web References
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Where is the code set on the web?>
Books and Articles
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