simh-testsetgenerator/I650/sw/bell/00_readme.txt
Roberto Sancho Villa 13cb294274 I650: Release 3
New Hardware support:
- IBM 653 Storage Unit: provides machine opcodes
  for Floating Point, Immediate Access Storage (IAS),
  Three Index registers, Cards Punch-read
  synchronizers 2 and 3.
New Software included:
- FORTRANSIT: version II (S), plus run time PACKAGE
  with standard Fortran functions.
- Reorganized sw directory, separating each language
  in its own folder. Each one Includes a 00_readme.txt
  file with restoration notes and comments.
New features:
- Support for SOAP opcode mnemonics in addition
  to regular IBM mnemonics
- FAST / REALTIME CPU options
- PROP pseudo register
- CARDDECK ECHOLAST command
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Restoration comments May/2018
Floating Point Interpretive System (BELL interpreter)
From Bitsavers Manual 28-4024_FltDecIntrpSys.pdf
Do not uses the loader stated in manual.
Instead, I wrote a loader (SOAP source code is_sys_load_src.txt)
that allows reading the original listing from manual and generating
a 1-word per card load deck.
A new deck (deck 21) has been written to defined two new
O2 instructions (see is_set_loopbox.txt):
set loopbox O2=800
tr zero O2=453
These instructions allows a more general use of index
loopbox concept (see is_example_1_src.txt)
Floating point numbers are encoded as
2300000049 = 0.23
1000000050 = 1.0
1500000052 = 150.0