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Re: Operating system name

On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 5:43 PM, Paul Nelson <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

It took a lot of diligence on a programmer's part to modify the order entry
program in DMAS and keep the compiled size under 64K.


I spent a *lot* of time keeping certain programs within the 64K limit on
the S/36 back in the day. I remember lining up three sequential indicators
for SETON or SETOF, the first of which had to be an indicator number
divisible by 8, so that I could save 1 byte.

I do *not* miss those days.

- Dan

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