Macro-10 humour

[Wayne S]

Byte magazine in the late 70’s had a list of funny mnemonics like this.

My fav was 
SDSD - Seek Data and Scar Disk.


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> On Dec 14, 2020, at 07:54, Don Stalkowski via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> 
> I came across this among some junk I had.
> 
> Don
> 
> .TY NEMON.DOC
> 
>                 LEVEL 5  MACRO-10   MNEMONICS
>         =============================
> 
> 
> 
>   COINCIDENT WITH THE RELEASE OF THE LEVEL 5 MONITOR SERIES, THE
> MNEMONICS FOR THE HARDWARE INSTRUCTIONS USED IN THE MACRO-10
> ASSEMBLER HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT CHANGES TO THE MONITOR, AND
> NEW OPERATING PROCEDURES. ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE NOT ALL BEEN IMPLEMENTED
> AS YET, A PARTIAL LISTING FOLLOWS:
> 
> TRCE    TRANSLATE REDUNDANT CODE TO ETHIOPIAN
> ROTC    REQUEST OPERATOR TAKE OFF CLOTHES
> TDCE    TRY TO DUMP CORE EVERYWHERE
> HRR    HASH RELOCATION REGISTERS
> XCT    EXTEND CYCLE TIME
> ANDCMB    ALLOW NO DIRECT CURRENT IN MEMORY BANKS
> AOSE    ALERT ONE SYSTEMS ENGINEER
> SETNM    START EJECTING TRANSISTORS AT NEAREST MACHINE
> SETCM    STOP EVERYTHING TO CRASH MONITOR
> SETAM    START EATING TAPE ON ALTERNATE MONDAYS
> TLCN    THROW LIFEPRESERVER INTO CHANNEL FOR NON-SWIMMER
> MULM    MONITOR UPDATE FROM LUNAR MODULE
> MOVMS    MAINTAIN ONLY VARIABLE MAGTAPE SPEED
> FSBRI    FIVE SONIC BOOMS OVER REMOTE INTERFACE
> HRRES    HIJACK REMOTE READER TO ENGINEERING SCIENCE
> HRREM    HALT AND REVERSE ROTATION ON EVERY MAGTAPE
> JUMPE    JUMBLE USERS' MEMORY ON PARITY ERROR
> IDPB    IMMEDIATELY DROP PARITY BIT
> SETCAI    SUDDENLY ELECTRIFY TERMINAL ON CRUDELY ARTICULATED INPUT
> JFFO    JAIL AND FINGERPRINT FLIPPANT OPERATOR
> ORCMB    OPERATOR REQUEST TO CHANGE MAIN BATTERIES
> SKIP    SEARCH FOR KNOT IN INPUT STRING
> SKIPL    SKIP ON KNOT IN POWER LINE
> ORCBI    ORDER REDUNDANT CHANNELS TO THE BACK OF THE I/O BUS
> SUBI    START UNLOADING BAGGAGE FROM THE I/O BUS
> PUSH    PUNCH USING SEMI-CIRCULAR HOLES
> JUMPL    JUMP AND UNRAVEL MAIN POWER LINE
> SOSL    SMEAR OUTPUT ON SLOW LINE PRINTERS
> TRON    TRY TO REWIND OPERATORS' NECKTIE
> SOSN    SEND OUTPUT TO SUPERVISORS' NECKTIE
> AOBJN    ADD ONE BIT TO JOB NUMBER
> IMULM    INSIST THAT MALICIOUS USERS BE LOCKED IN MEMORY
> FMPR    FORGET MEMORY PROTECTION AND RELOCATION
> FMPRB    FAKE MONITOR PROBLEMS AND RESET BRIEFLY
> CAIE    CHANGE ADDRESSING TO INEFFECTIVE FROM EFFECTIVE
> TRN    TRANSLATE TO ROMAN NUMERALS
> DPB    DETACH PROCESSOR BRIEFLY
> DIVB    DECODE INTEGERS TO VERIFIED BRAILLE
> SETCAI    SNICKER ON ERRONEOUS TYPEIN FOR CAI
> DIVMB    DESTROY INDIVIDUAL MEMORY BANK
> ORCB    OUTPUT A RECORD CODED IN BRAILLE
> TRCE    TRANSFER ON ROMAN CATHOLIC ENGINEER
> TLNE    TRANSFER ON LUTHERAN ENGINEER
> TROA    TRANSFER ON ATHEIST
> SOS    SERVICE ONLY STUDENTS
> SOJG    SERVICE ONLY JEWISH GRAD STUDENTS
> TDC    TAKE DISK TO CHIROPRACTER
> TSCA    TURN SYSTEM CLOCK AHEAD
> FADRB    FILTER AIR ON DETECTING ROPE BURNING
> FADM    FILTER AIR ON DETECTING MOUNTIE
> PUSHJ    PROCESS USER'S SHORTHAND JOB
> TDCA    TYPE DOCUMENTATION, CENSORING ANECDOTES
> MOVEM    MONITOR OUTPUTS A VULGAR ERROR MESSAGE
> ADDM    ALLEVIATE DELAYS IN DECTAPE MOUNTING
> AOSL    AWAKEN OPERATOR IF SNORING LOUDLY
> CAIE    CENSOR ALL INPUT FROM ENGINEERING
> DPB    DISPLAY PASSWORDS FROM BATCH
> FSBM    FAST SPLICE OF BROKEN MAGTAPE
> BLT    BEGIN LOSING TIME
> S0JG    STACK OPERATOR (JUST GIRLS)
> TSON    TIME SLICE OF ONE NANOSECOND
> JRST    JOG 'ROUND SEVEN TRACK TAPE
> TSC    TRANSFER SWAPPING TO CARDS
>