IBM MAINFRAME HELP & SUPPORT FORUMS

grepusr3 · Joined: 10 May 2005 Posts: 35

I have seen many request for " IBM Assembler - Tutorial, References, Examples, Manuals, Emulators, Utilities, Books, FAQ " etc. I have compiled some pertinent information below. Please feel free to add useful URLs/info. for the benefit of our ASSEMBLER forums knowledge base. Some of these links have great examples. If you are seriously considering learning by examples, please see the CBT tape files and learn from other's work - why reinvent the wheel. Also, see other links like SimoTime. Please, take your time and patiently navigate through these URLs/links. Learning assembler is - more often than not - is a frustrating and self intimidating experience to the beginners. The learning curve is unlike other programming languages.

Internet References:

Our local references:

Downloads Section - Emulators, Simulators
--- http://ibmmainframes.com/downloads.php

'Kindly Consider .. its Urgent.. Mr. McMillan and Mr.Som'
--- http://ibmmainframes.com/viewtopic.php?t=2190

Mainframe CDs - strong platform
--- http://www.mainframesindia.com

Please use SEARCH feature of this forum for specific keyword
--- http://ibmmainframes.com/search.php

Other references:

Assembler coding - hints, tips, guidelines, FAQ etc
--- http://www.wynsoft.co.uk/mainframe/assembler.htm

SimoTime: Assembler Connection, COBOL Connection, VSAM... This site contains an Instruction overview with tips, techniques and documented programming examples.

--- The Assembler Connection (click on learn more on displayed pages)
------ http://www.simotime.com/indexasm.htm

--- 370 Instruction Set Examples by SimoTime Enterprises
------ http://www.simotime.com/simoi370.htm

--- Branch Instructions - Extended Mnemonic Opcodes
------ http://www.simotime.com/asmbch01.htm

--- 370 Instruction Overview by SimoTime Enterprises
------ http://www.simotime.com/asmins01.htm

--- ASCII or EBCDIC Translation Table by SimoTime Enterprises
------ http://www.simotime.com/asc2ebc1.htm

Don Higgin's -- The Emulator Guru -- Micro Focus developer, etc.
--- PC-370 IBM Mainframe Assembler Emulation Time Line of Events
------ http://home.tampabay.rr.com/dhiggin1/pc370.htm
--- Mainframe Assembler Links
------ http://home.tampabay.rr.com/dhiggin1/Assembler/index.html

IBM Software - High Level Assembler (HLASM) and Toolkit Feature - Product Overview
--- http://www.software.ibm.com/ad/hlasm/

IBM Software - High Level Assembler (HLASM) and Toolkit Feature - SHARE presentations by John Ehrman
--- http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/hlasm/share.html

IBM Catalog of All Documents Collection via IBM Library Server
--- http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/FINDBOOK?filter=hlasm&SUBMIT=Find

HLASM - High Level Assembler Language
--- http://www.sysprog.net/hlasm.html

High Level Assembler Language at Mainframes_com
--- http://www.mainframes.com/assembler.htm

z390 Portable Mainframe Assembler and Emulator Project
--- http://www.automatedsoftwaretools.com/z390/
--- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z390/

Dave's unofficial HLASM web page
--- http://www.planetmvs.com/hlasm/

www.CBTtape.org -- Excellent System Programmer/Developer Resource for IBM Software & Utilities (Public Domain)
Please download File001 directory to see list of files on the free CBT tape (or CD-ROM)

- http://www.cbttape.org/cbtdowns.htm
- http://www.cbttape.org/covdowns.htm (overflow tape)

--- File# 069 Coding Examples from Carmine Cannatello's ASM book
------ http://www.cbttape.org/ftp/cbt/CBT069.zip

--- File# 505 ASSIST Assembler - moved to CBT Overflow - File 085
--- File# 085 ASSIST Assembler - used to teach BAL Assembler (overflow tape)
------ http://www.cbttape.org/ftp/cov/COV085.zip

--- CBT Tape Mirror for XmitManager (to view CBT .XMI files)
------ http://www.cbttape.org/njw/index.html

Books:

'Assembler Language Programming for the IBM 370: Assist Edition'
(The Benjamin/Cummings series in structured programming)
by Frank M. Carrano

'IBM 370 Assembly Language With Assist, Structured Concepts, and Advanced Topics'
(uses PC-370 DOS emulator)
by Charles J. Kacmar

'Assembler language with ASSIST'
by Ross A Overbeek

'Advanced Assembler Language and MVS Interfaces'
(For IBM Systems and Application Programmers)
by Carmine A. Cannatello

'Assembler Language Programming for IBM and IBM Compatible Computers'
(Formerly 370/360, Assembler Language Programming)
by Nancy Stern, Alden Sager, Robert A. Stern

'MVS Assembler Language'
by Kevin McQuillen, Anne Prince

'Assembler Language Programming: The IBM System/370 Family'
by George Struble

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-Pelad

The important thing is not to stop questioning - Albert Einstein

ap_mainframes · Joined: 29 Dec 2005 Posts: 144 Location: Canada

Hey thats super work !!!

saithvis2 · Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 62 Location: Providence , US

Hey Pelad,

thats great work .....
God bless you ! :D

Regards
Vishal

kris_8055 · Joined: 12 Oct 2006 Posts: 1

http://www.mainframecoder.com/move.html

http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Programming/Languages/Assembly/370/

http://csc.colstate.edu/woolbright/WOOLBRIG.htm