Section 1 - Required background
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An introduction to IBM mainframes
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2 |
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An introduction to DOS/VSE
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13 |
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An introduction to program development in assembler
language
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26 |
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A student's development procedure
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27 |
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VSE JCL for assembling and testing disk-to-printer programs
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41 |
Section 2 - A professional subset of assembler language
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CPU concepts for IBM mainframes
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52 |
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An introductory subset of assembler language
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79 |
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An introduction to assembler language
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80 |
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Refining the reorder-listing program
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104 |
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A basic subset of assembler language
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114 |
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Other elements of the basic subset
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115 |
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Standard macros
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127 |
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Assembler commands
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132 |
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Register operations, binary arithmetic, and storage
definition techniques
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139 |
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Register operations
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140 |
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Binary arithmetic
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157 |
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Storage definition techniques
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162 |
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How to use subroutines and subprograms
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169 |
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How to use subroutines
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170 |
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How to use subprograms
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182 |
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VSE JCL for using subprograms
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197 |
Section 3 - Assembler language capabilities by function
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Table handling
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202 |
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Single-level tables
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203 |
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Multilevel tables
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211 |
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Editing, bit manipulation, and translation
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215 |
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Writing macro definitions
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231 |
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Basic macro writing
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232 |
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Advanced macro writing
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241 |
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Floating-point arithmetic
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257 |
Section 4 - Assembler language for the DASD access
methods
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The Sequential Access Method (SAM)
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268 |
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SAM concepts
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269 |
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Assembler language for SAM files
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273 |
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VSE JCL for SAM files
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285 |
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The Indexed Sequential Access Method (ISAM)
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290 |
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ISAM concepts
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291 |
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Assembler language for ISAM files
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295 |
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VSE JCL for ISAM files
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315 |
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The Direct Access Method (DAM)
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318 |
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DAM concepts
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319 |
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Assembler language for DAM files
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325 |
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VSE JCL for DAM files
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340 |
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The Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM)
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342 |
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VSAM concepts
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343 |
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Assembler language for VSAM files
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353 |
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VSE JCL for VSAM files
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374 |
Section 5 - Program development techniques
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How to assemble a source program and correct its diagnostics
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378 |
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How to test and debug an assembler language program
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400 |
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How to test a program
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401 |
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How to debug a program
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407 |
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An introduction to structured program development
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428 |
Appendixes
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Assembler language reference summary
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455 |
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A comprehensive case study
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469 |
