102 thoughts on “IBM Mainframe Assembler”

1. the video “a first program” is not complete, can you please tell me where the rest of it is please?

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   1. Brian,
      Thanks for letting me know. I rerecorded the end and reposted it, so you should see it now.
      DW

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      1. sorry but the video “a first program” is still only 4mins long, it does not completely go through the assembler program? Can you please show me the rest of that video? Thanks for your help. Brian.

      2. I’m able to download it here at home – 25:17 minutes, but perhaps that is my local copy. I’ll try from school a little later today on a different machine. I’ll let you know what I find.

      3. Brian, I was successful downloading the video on a different machine at school with this link:http://csc.columbusstate.edu/woolbright/Asmv004/Asmv004.html
         Do you think it is caching the old version on your machine? If you still can’t get it, let me know and I’ll try something else.
         David

2. i am so sorry but even that link still only plays 4mins16secs of the video? is it possible for you to email me it, i am trying to learn assembler and am really interested in watching this as it looks really good and very clear. Sorry for being a pain. Brian.

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   1. Brian,
      I zipped the video and posted it on the site:http://csc.columbusstate.edu/woolbright/WOOLBRIG.htm
      You should see a new link to the zip on that page.
      Let me know if that works.
      David

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3. Respected Sir,
   All your videos are really of great help. I request you to please post a video which can demonstrate the functioning of Move with Offset instruction(MVO). I would be greatful to you Sir.

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   1. Sankalp,
      Good idea. I’ll post a video on MVO soon.
      DW

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4. I’m currently learning mainframe assembler and your videos are really helping me get up to speed quickly. Having a voice track along with the visuals is priceless. I really appreciate that you have this content openly available.

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5. Thanks for taking time to send your thoughts … I really appreciate that.

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6. Hi, these videos are pretty good for a learner.. I appreciate that.
   Also, do you have any videos on useful tips on assembler to cobol conversion?

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   1. I don’t currently have any videos that address that directly. I am thinking about releasing my Cobol course videos which relate the Cobol datatypes to assembler datatypes.

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7. Hi,
   There seems to be a small error in the video titled ‘SS1 Instructions, MVC, CLC, Branching, Fetch/Execute Cycle’ around the point where you are explaining CLC op code and the instruction ‘CLC Z,X’.

   The remaining two bytes of X will not come from Y because we have defined X as DC of length 5. So we are going to get two bytes of spaces on the right in X. Please correct me if I am wrong.

   Thanks for all your videos. I am learning a lot.

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   1. You’re right, Manish. It’s a 4 byte compare and the 4th byte is a space in the X field. Thanks.

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8. Hi, I am trying to restore back my Assembler programming skill. I wonder if you have real situations on using ICM and STCM. Thanks. Kongswang

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   1. ICM is sometimes used to load a fullword into a register when the the fullword in memory is not properly aligned. A load instruction would cause a warning from the assembler, but ICM will not. In a similar fashion STCM can be used to store a fullword into an unaligned field in memory. Keep in mind that ICM doesn’t sign extend the register when it inserts a value like LH does.

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9. In UNPK video (@03:19), example instruction shows UNPK X,Y, here we are upacking OPR2 to OPR1 that is OPR1 should be a zoned decimal.
   I think the instruction should be UNPK Y,X instead of UNPK X,Y. Similary the next example too should be reversed. Thanks.

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   1. Thanks for pointing out the error. I updated the powerpoint file to be correct and added a callout to the video that points out the problem. Many thanks for taking time to let me know!

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      1. Thank you, all the videos are very helpful. I have a quick question.
         whats the difference between BASR and BALR? I see, most of the programs which we work use only BALR before USING *,R12.

      2. BASR was introduced when address sizes changed from 24 to 31 bits. Addresses can now be 24, 31 or 64 bits. BALR saves a 24 bit address and some other information from the PSW. BASR saves a 31 or 64 bit address depending on the addressing mode you are running in. It is safer to change older programs to use BASR instead of BALR since you are probably not running in a 24 bit addressing mode. All new code should use BASR. In most cases you won’t notice a difference, but an older program that uses BALR on a newer machine may cause a problem.

10. Just curious, what is the significance of DC X’FFFFFFFF’ before DCB declaration in your soc9 program?? Thanks.

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11. Hello sir this videos are very Helpful to learn Asseembler

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12. Awesome courses!! Have you got the PPTs for the first videos on the list? I need that for reading it again without the video. Thanks for your effort!

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    1. Thanks for the kind words. You should be able to find the ppt using the first link on this page:http://csc.columbusstate.edu/woolbright/WOOLBRIG.htm
       David

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13. This is an awesome website. I really like the tutorials. It would be good if you created a channel on youTube and then I could watch the videos on TV 🙂

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    1. I’ll give it some thought. Thanks for the suggestion. – David

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14. Many thanks for this site. I just started using IBM Assembler at work and this has helped me out a LOT so far!

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    1. Thanks for letting me know!

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15. Could you please share your thoughts on this..
    AP =X’111C’,=X’119D’

    How would assembler responds when it encounters both operands on AP as literal a.

    Thanks much in advance!

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    1. The literals produce two two-byte fields in memory. -119 is added to +111 to produce -8. In hex, the result is 0008D.

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16. Could please let me know,why cc=2 not set in TM instruction?

    Thanks in advance!!!!!!!!!!

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    1. There are only 3 possibilities when testing bits:
       1) All the tested bits are zeroes – In this case we can use the mnemonic BZ and think Branch all zeroes (instead of Branch zero) BZ tests condition code 00 = 0
       2) All the tested bits are ones – In this case we can use the mnemonic BO and think Branch all ones (instead of Branch on Overflow) BO tests condition code 11 = 3
       3) The tested bits are mixed (some 1’s some 0’s) – In this case we can use BM and think Branch Mixed (instead of Branch Minus) BM tests condition code 01 = 1
       So… condition code 10 = 2 was left out so we could get double use out of the other mnemonics we have. (BH or BP is used for condition code = 2)

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17. Hi Dwool Bright,
    In the house keeping section like the one below
    STM R14,R12,12(R13)
    BASR R12,R0
    USING *,R12,R11
    LA R11,2048
    LA R11,2048(R11,R12)
    ….
    ….
    1. What if BASR R12,R0 is not precede USING *,R12,R11?
    2. USING (base address), REGISTER
    does USING directive says assembler to treat particular Register as a base register with the mentioned base address..in the above case * i.e current location counter..well if that is the case why we need BASR R12,R0 ?

    3. What if I write like
    STM R14,R12,12(R13)
    BASR R12,R0
    LA R11,2048
    LA R11,2048(R11,R12)
    USING *,R12,R11

    there is no address resolution being calculated in both LA statements so is it a right way to set Base register?..will there be any issues with Domain regarding R11 and R12?

    Thanking you in advance!

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    1. Venkat,

       I think I may have missed your email of several months ago. Many apologies. I will respond underneath in bold.

       Hi Dwool Bright,
       In the house keeping section like the one below
       STM R14,R12,12(R13)
       BASR R12,R0
       USING *,R12,R11
       LA R11,2048
       LA R11,2048(R11,R12)
       ….
       ….
       1. What if BASR R12,R0 is not precede USING *,R12,R11?

       If you coded this USING *,R12,R11

       BASR R12,R0

       The base address for R12 would be the address of the BASR, but then BASR R12,R0 would load the address of the BASR plus 2 into register 12. You will be off by two bytes on every base/displacement address

       2. USING (base address), REGISTER
       does USING directive says assembler to treat particular Register as a base register with the mentioned base address..in the above case * i.e current location counter..well if that is the case why we need BASR R12,R0 ?

       The USING tells the assembler which registers to use when converting symbols to base/displacment addresses. So a symbol like X might be converted to a base/displacement address like C008 (C = Base register 12, displacment = 008). But what happens when the machine executes an instruction with this address? It takes the contents of R12 and adds 008 to get the effective address of X. So at run time it is critical that R12 contains the runtime base address. It is the job of BASR to put the base address in the register at runtime. If it’s not there we won’t find X.

       3. What if I write like
       STM R14,R12,12(R13)
       BASR R12,R0
       LA R11,2048
       LA R11,2048(R11,R12)
       USING *,R12,R11

       there is no address resolution being calculated in both LA statements so is it a right way to set Base register?..will there be any issues with Domain regarding R11 and R12?

       This won’t work because the address of the first LA is loaded by the BASR into R12. But then we later tell the assembler the base address is an address of the first instruction following the USING which occurs further down. When we use R12 in a base/displacement address, we will have the wrong contents in R12.

       You also asked about AMODE and RMODE in a different email. AMODE determines how many bits we will use when computing a base/displacement address – the possibilities are 24, 31, and 64. Very old programs were written with 24 bit addresses. Most programs are written with 31 bit addresses. Very large programs us 64 bit addresses.

       RMODE controls where a program lives in memory:

       RMODE 24 – The control section should be loaded below the 16MB “line”.

       RMODE 31, ANY – The control section should be loaded below the 2GB “bar”, either above or below 16MB

       RMODE 64 – The control section may be loaded anywhere in memory.

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18. I agree with earlier “this is an awesome site” – presentation and training are excellent.
    A couple of points –
    * in many years of MVS systems programming, I’ve lived the “SAVE/RETURN” entry and exit linkages. Partly because it’s usefulness for debugging, and partly from being burned years ago with an inappropriate BALR/SVC-03 usage.
    * Secondly, I think that in the “jumping-into-branches” document the last page has syntactically wrong examples.
    I currently do not have a mainframe to work on, but z390-ASM is excellent, and the results are as I suspected.
    LARL Rx,Ry+offset should be LARL Rx,Address+offset
    or
    LARL Rx,Named-field
    and
    LA Rx,Ry+offset should be LA Rx,offset(,Ry) where offset is < 4096
    X==============X
    000000 (1/7)7 LWK01 CSECT ,
    000000 18CF (1/8)8 LR R12,R15
    000002 (1/9)9 USING LWK01,R12,R11,R10
    000002 C0B00000100C 00100C (1/10)10 LARL R11,R12+4096
    000008 C0A00000100B 00100B (1/11)11 LARL R10,R11+4096
    00000E (1/12)12 ***
    00000E C0B0000007F9 001000 (1/13)13 LARL R11,LWK01+(1*4096)
    000014 C0A000000FF6 002000 (1/14)14 LARL R10,LWK01+(2*4096)
    00001A (1/15)15 ***
    00001A C0B0000007F3 001000 (1/16)16 LARL R11,OFF4096
    000020 C0A000000FF0 002000 (1/17)17 LARL R10,OFF8192

    00003A (1/25)25 ***
    00003A 41B0080C (1/26)26 LA R11,R12+2048
    00003E 41B0080B (1/27)27 LA R11,R11+2048
    000042 41A0080B (1/28)28 LA R10,R11+2048
    000046 41A0080A (1/29)29 LA R10,R10+2048
    00004A (1/30)30 ***
    00004A 41B0C800 (1/31)31 LA R11,2048(,R12)
    00004E 41B0B800 (1/32)32 LA R11,2048(,R11)
    000052 41A0B800 (1/33)33 LA R10,2048(,R11)
    000056 41A0A800 (1/34)34 LA R10,2048(,R10)
    00005A (1/35)35 ***
    X==============X

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    1. Sorry, Les, for the long delay in responding. The Christmas vacation has kept me busy and I am just today finding your comment. Thank you for taking time to write – I do appreciate it and depend on all the astute assembler programmers out there for help. Of course, you are absolutely right about the syntax error at the end of the article. I simply dropped the ball. (Punctilious is a goal and not something I have mastered.) I have updated the Jumping Into Branches article to contain what should have been there in the first place. Take a look and see what you think. I am intrigued by your first point … would you mind elaborating a bit? Many thanks – David

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19. ciao from Italy,
    many thanks for your useful website.
    as a joke, could you show briefly how we can code a program using only object code (taken from listing)?
    I mean, maybe in order to “hide” my source, which are the rules to write “90ECD00C” instead of “STM R14,R12,12(R13)”? is there still some part of source I have to write in “clear”? hoping I was clear
    thanks
    francesco

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    1. I assume you are asking how to write a program in VisibleZ. You mentioned the object code 90ECD00C which appears on the left side of the listing and which represents a hexadecimal representation of the binary code. To run that in VisibleZ you could create a text file that represented each byte of object code as two characters separated by white space, so 90 EC D0 0C would work. Take a look at some of the code snippets in the Codes directory. I am now supporting the conversion of z390 programs (mainframe emulator) to a VisibleZ format, so you can take certain mainframe programs and convert them to run in VisibleZ.

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       1. Francesco,
          Thanks for the comment. If I misunderstood, let me know, and I’ll try again. – David

       2. Hello David, thank you for your answer. I’m working on a real MF.
          But I think it will work (maybe without blanks in my case).
          In my environment I found program sources like this:
          MAZXTEST CSECT , xx
          MAZXTEST AMODE 31
          MAZXTEST RMODE ANY
          DC X’47F0F01400C3C5C5…. ‘ and lots of DC X’…’ lines until a final END (this in clear!)
          I was wondering if I could write a text file by simply copying from the object code listing or some special behaviour was needed for DSs and DCs.
          thanks gain. francesco

       3. You might want to code PRINT ON,DATA,GEN at the beginning of the program so you can see all the DS’s and DC’s and what they generate. You will have to account for those. If you can download your program to a PC you can run it through z390 and produce a .390 file that VisibleZ will convert to my text format.

20. Hello, Could you please explain the complete difference between Jump and Branch instructions.

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21. Not sure how to open a new thread here, but this is one

    You would have thought that with over 50 years of Assembler Programming behind me there’s not much more to learn

    New mainframes, new techniques and new versions of HLASM means it’s still a changing world and I have to keep up with the changes

    For those who like a challenge, tell me what the difference is between these two instructions
    LH 1,=X’FFFF’
    LHI 1,X’FFFF’

    Got it yet…

    Ok, apart from the obvious, that LH loads a DC-type from storage and the LHI loads it from an immediate, according to the PoOP manual there is no difference in operation…”the second operand is sign extended and …”

    Well, the LHI is an invalid instruction and won’t assemble…phoo
    Any numeric value in an instruction operand is converted to a 32-bit signed value and as LHI is algebraic, 65535 is out-of-range

    I am working with the HLASM team to resolve this

    Isn’t Assembler life fun 🙂

    If any guys out there would like to have another mentor (sorry David, don’t want to depose you) then feel free to contact me

    zarf99999@blueyonder.co.uk

    And I’ll mention our free Assembler emulator athttp://www.z390.org

    Melvyn Maltz.

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22. Hi!

    I’m learning IBM Assembler for a course at school

    My question is this one, can I use a label as a displacement for a base?

    something like

    CP AUXPACK,DISP(R4)

    Being DISP a labet with the correct size and type? (which I do not know, by the way)

    Thanks!

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    1. The displacement is a pure number so you have to use an EQU. For example you could use this:
       DISP EQU 100 or something like
       DISP EQU (HERE-THERE)

       Then you can code this: CP AUXPACK,DISP(R4)

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    2. Alex,
       Sorry I missed your post of over a year ago. If you still need a reply, let me know:woolbright_davd@columbusstate.edu
       Sorry,
       David

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23. Video 38. SC09 code
    I am reasonably certain that ABEND code is unused.

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    1. Try this:
       SRDL R0,63
       DR R0,R0

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24. Hi,

    All your videos are really of great help. I request you to please post a video which can demonstrate the functioning of Search string instruction(SRST). And it will also great after finding the character, verify if searched character is found or not. I would be greatful to you Sir.

    For example – searched for ‘4’ or ‘A’
    XR R0,R0
    LA R5,TABLE
    LA R4,L’TABLE(R5)
    SRST R4,R5
    Check and verify R4 has the value 4 or A or not

    TABLE DC C’1234AB@CD#’

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    1. I don’t have a video on this instruction, but I’ll put something together for you. Give me a few days.

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25. Nice site. Came here looking to refresh my memory on a few things.

    I found a problem in the “General Articles on Programming in Assembler”
    The problem is with 3 and 4
    3) Character Data…is NOT a PDF like most…but a HTML page
    4) Packed Decimal Data…Is the Character Data PDF that probably belongs to number 3. I guessed so pretty sure you wanted number 4 to be a link to “https://punctiliousprogrammer.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/packdata.pdf”…it was a valid URL

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    1. Thanks for pointing out the problem with the links. They should look better now.

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26. Hi, Today, when I clicked on the links.. I am getting below message. “Hmmm… can’t reach this page”

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    1. Can you give me a little more information”

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27. Hi!

    The link to MVZ under instructions send you to MVN-page.
    I guess that’s not the idea.

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    1. Thanks. I’ll fix that right now.

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28. Hi!
    Link To instruction TP –> show TM
    Link To instruction TR –> Not found

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    1. Thanks. The links should be good now.

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29. Hi!

    The link to TP under instructios send you to TM.
    And link to TR is not found

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    1. The links should be repaired now. Thanks for letting me know!

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30. Hello,

    Firstly, this is a great website for HLASM. Thanks for everything you do here. I purchased your book and eagerly waiting for it to be delivered.

    I have not worked on assembler on the mainframe. But I have been going through assembler programs to understand and possibly mimic the functionality if needed in the target environment.

    Recently, I started working on TPF. I see that TPF is a lot like HLASM but it has different code snippets like COBOL (For example, IF ELSE blocks). A search on internet didn’t give me resources like this website. Can you point me to any resources that you are aware of to learn TPF?

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    1. I’m not aware of any resources for TPF, but perhaps one of our readers can post some suggestions as comments?

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    2. I’m not familiar with TPF, but it occurred to me that the IF ELSE blocks you are seeing there might be macros. IBM supplies IF-ELSE macros for assembler as well. IF you look back through the Posts on this site, you will find some that are labeled “Structured Assembler Macros” that discusses this for HLASM.

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31. Hi Sir,
    My name is Ankit, I’m working for one company that works on Mainframe and they ask me to learn Assembly language. Can you please explain the future of this language, it’s too old and i am not able to gain interest to learn this. I don’t know do i need to learn this or not or i have to switch for another technology. Sorry but i have too much confusion. hope you understand.

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    1. Hi Ankit,
       IBM mainframe assembler has been around since the early 1960’s. The IBM 360 started with a few hundred instructions. With each new machine the company has added more instructions. The latest machines have 2000+ instructions. The machine has remained backward-compatible for over sixty years. If you are planning a mainframe career, there is no better training than learning assembler. It underpins everything – even COBOL. It does take time to become proficient, but you can be productive in a few months by working hard. Assembler will be used far into the future, so if you want to invest in something that won’t disappear in the next few years, this is a good choice. In the mainframe world, assembly language programming is a skill that will get you looked at.
       On the other hand, if you aren’t planning to keep working for a mainframe company, you might be better off learning other skills. It sort of depends on the direction you want your career to take. If your company wants you to learn assembler, they must think highly of you.
       David

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32. Hi David,
    Your website is perfect for learning ASM.
    In the MH instruction example, I observed that the 2nd operand is mentioned as =F’10’ instead of =H’10’.

    Thanks
    Subhash

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    1. Thanks, I’ll get it corrected.

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33. Hi you mentioned a possible sequel to the big blue assembler book (which I own and love), are there any dates yet for its release?

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    1. I’m trying to finish a sequel to my first novel- a mystery. The new one is called Death of a Golden Bird. I’m teaching for Marist again at the end of November, so I’ll be doing assembler everyday again soon.

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       1. Hi David
          Will you be covering assembler instructions like AGO & AIF and how they are used?

       2. I haven’t written about AGO and AIF. Perhaps that would be a good short topic for an article.

       3. It turns out I have written about AGO and AIF, and somehow the work was lost in the pile. I am going to post about this and make it available in the Video Course Link – at the bottom.

       4. It turns out I have written about AGO and AIF, and somehow the work was lost in the pile. I am going to post about this and make it available in the Video Course Link – at the bottom.

34. Hi Dave,
    Hope you are doing good. I have one observation. Could you please have a look.

    AFIELD DC H’4’ AFIELD = X’0004’
    BFIELD DC H’-1’ BFIELD = X’FFFF’
    CFIELD DC H’0’ CFIELD = X’0000’

    LH R4,AFIELD R4 = X’00000004’
    LH R4,BFIELD R4 = X’FFFFFFFF’
    LH R4,CFIELD R4 = X’00000000’
    LH R4,DFIELD R4 = X’FFFF

    CONSIDER THE NEXT TWO CONSECUTIVELY EXECUTED LOADS
    LH R5,AFIELD R5 = X’00000004’
    LH R6,AFIELD(R5) R6 = X’FFFFFFFF’ => This field should have x’00000000′

    Thanks
    Subhash

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    1. Subhash, With index register R5 containing x’00000004′, AFIELD(R5) is the address of BFIELD. Do you agree?

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35. Hi Dave,
    AFIELD,BFIELD and CFIELD are defined as halfword that means AFIELD(R5) should point to CFIELD.

    Thanks
    Subhash

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    1. You’re right!

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36. Hi Dave

    I am relearning Assembler after a long break, I love the Big blue book great for what I am trying to do. Are you going to cover conditional assembler instructions like AGO AIF etc and how to use them?

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37. A correction to the unearthed macro segment:https://punctiliousprogrammer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/condasmmacros.mp4

    ago statements can branch not only to anop but also to aif

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    1. Good point! Thank you.

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38. David, I always refer educators wanting to teach Z arch assembler to your website and “The Big Blue Assembler Book” as I did yesterday. Approximately, 5+ years ago while at SHARE, a highly experienced IBM Z IT professional complained Z arch assembler teaching material was non-existent. I immediately responded, “Are you aware of Dr. David Woolbright contributions to learning Z arch assembler on the public internet?”

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    1. Thanks, Paul. I owe you so much for the knowledge and effort you have shared over so many years!

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39. Hi David,

    Thanks you for the simplified and detailed explanations of HLASM instructions. Its a good starting point if you don’t know anything about HLASM programing as well as the experienced professionals.

    FYI.. The links are broken or don’t point to right place for the following instructions.
    1. AGFI –> Video link point to AGF
    2. BAS –> Video link point to AR
    3. BCTR –> Video link point to BCT
    4. LAY –> Video link point to LA
    5. O –> Video link point to OR
    6. OC –>Video link point to OR
    7. XR –> Video link point to PDF document of OR

    Video link point to PDF document
    OI, OR, PACK, S, SLA, SLDA, SLDL, SLL, SPM, SRA, SRDA, SRDL, SRL, SRST, ST, STC, STH, STOC, STM, TM, TP, TR, TRT, UNPK, X, XC, XI, ZAP

    Broken Link “Page not found”
    CVD, , M, MP, MH, MR, MVC, MVCL, MVI, MVN, MVZ, N, SRP

    NO VIDEO Link Found for following
    STY, SH, SP, SY

    No Document Links Found for following
    STM, STY, SH, SP, SY

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    1. Thanks very much, Shekhar. I’m not sure what has happened, but I will fix the links tonight.
       David

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    2. I am still working on fixing the links. Most are repaired now, but I am chasing down some missing videos.
       David

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    3. Shekhar, I have updated the links. Some I had to remove. but I will work on rebuilding the videos and adding to the site. Many thanks. If you spot another bad link, let me know.
       David

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40. Hello David – currently working on training some new hires at our company on all things IBM mainframe. And wanted to leave a note that these videos and instruction overviews have been extremely helpful throughout the assembler training process. Thanks for all the work you’ve put into this site – hope all is well!

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    1. Thanks so much, Alex!
       – David

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41. Hi David, you taught me Assembler many years ago, I am still working in it today. I find your site very useful when I have to refresh myself on exactly how an instruction works while reviewing old code. I did find an error in your MVC PDF, it is a small one, your 3rd example shows FieldA with 4 bytes when it is defined with 3.

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    1. Mike,
       Sorry for the delay in responding. Thank you for taking the time to send me the correction. I repaired it on the site. It’s so gratifying to hear you are working in assembler. All that work years ago has paid off! If I can help you in any way, I’m still coding for fun.
       David

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42. Dr Woolbright, I was asked about Section 14 macros today. I have never heard of them. Do you have or can you point me to any references so as to be able to understand what benefits they might be to me in HLAS development?

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    1. James,
       Sorry for the delay in responding. There are a couple of videos on the website that cover an introduction to macros. I’m not sure what you mean by Section 14 macros. Here are the links I have:https://punctiliousprogrammer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/macros.mp4https://punctiliousprogrammer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/macrolecture2.mp4

       Hope these help,
       David

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43. Hi Daivid, I’m from Brazil and I’m trying to learn HLASM on my own when I found your website! It changed my self-learning forever! Thank you for your amazing work!
    You are a true doctor of teaching!

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    1. Douglas,
       Thanks for the vote of confidence and for taking the time to write. I’m happy the site helped in some way. I’m always here if I can help.
       David

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44. Hi David,
    I was looking at your XC documentation, the instructions you have to clear a field at bottom are incorrect, you have 2 MVIs it could confuse some people.

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    1. Mike,
       Thank you for pointing out my error and taking the time to write me about it. I changed the MVI/MVI to MVI/MVC on the website. I assume that is the correction you were suggesting. I depend on readers like you to keep me straight.
       Thank you, David

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46. Hi David,
    Would it be possible to do a section on Boundary Alignment?

    Regards,

    Anthony Musses

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    1. I can do that.

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       1. Thank you!