Section 1 - Required background
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An introduction to IBM mainframes
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8 |
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An introduction to MVS
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18 |
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An introduction to program development in assembler
language
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34 |
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A student's development procedure
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35 |
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MVS JCL for assembling and testing disk-to-printer programs
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49 |
Section 2 - A professional subset of assembler language
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CPU concepts for IBM mainframes
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68 |
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An introductory subset of assembler language
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94 |
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An introduction to assembler language
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95 |
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Refining the reorder-listing program
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120 |
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A basic subset of assembler language
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129 |
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Other elements of the basic subset
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130 |
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Standard macros
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142 |
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Assembler commands
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151 |
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Register operations, binary arithmetic, and storage
definition techniques
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158 |
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Register operations
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159 |
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Binary arithmetic
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176 |
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Storage definition techniques
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181 |
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How to use subroutines and subprograms
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188 |
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How to use subroutines
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189 |
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How to use subprograms
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201 |
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MVS JCL for using subprograms
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218 |
Section 3 - Assembler language capabilities by function
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Table handling
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224 |
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Single-level tables
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225 |
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Multi-level tables
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233 |
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Editing, bit manipulation, and translation
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237 |
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Writing macro definitions
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254 |
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Basic macro writing
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255 |
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Advanced macro writing
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264 |
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Floating-point arithmetic
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280 |
Section 4 - Assembler language for the DASD access
methods
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The Queued Sequential Access Method (QSAM)
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290 |
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QSAM concepts
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291 |
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Assembler language for QSAM files
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295 |
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MVS JCL for QSAM files
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306 |
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The Indexed Sequential Access Method (ISAM)
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312 |
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ISAM concepts
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313 |
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Assembler language for ISAM files
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317 |
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MVS JCL for ISAM files
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345 |
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The Basic Direct Access Method (BDAM)
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349 |
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BDAM concepts
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350 |
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Assembler language for BDAM files
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356 |
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MVS JCL for BDAM files
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373 |
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The Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM)
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375 |
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VSAM concepts
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376 |
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Assembler language for VSAM files
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385 |
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MVS JCL for VSAM files
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407 |
Section 5 - Program development techniques
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How to assemble a source program and correct its diagnostics
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410 |
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How to test and debug an assembler language program
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432 |
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How to test a program
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433 |
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How to debug a program
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439 |
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An introduction to structured program development
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466 |
Appendixes -
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Assembler language reference summary
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492 |
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A comprehensive case study
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505 |
