Macro-10 humour

[Nigel Johnson]

Nothing can beat HCF!

Nigel Johnson, MSc., MIEEE, MCSE VE3ID/G4AJQ/VA3MCU
Amateur Radio, the origin of the open-source concept!
Skype:  TILBURY2591 nw.johnson at ieee.org



On 2020-12-14 2:39 p.m., Wayne S via cctalk wrote:
> Byte magazine in the late 70’s had a list of funny mnemonics like this.
>
> My fav was 
> SDSD - Seek Data and Scar Disk.
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> 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
>>