THE LOGIC DESIGN OF ADAM, A PROBLEM-ORIENTED SYMBOL PROCESSOR PROGRAMMING MANUAL. APPENDIX I.
Abstract
This manual presents the coding techniques which will be used to prepare problems for solution on ADAM, an experimental digital data handling system. The problem was to design a computer capable of manipulating a broad range of data forms. Data was structured to include insturctions in such a way that they may be completely variable in length. The machine would also have a large character set so that various characters could be assigned to specific hardware functions and still leave a sufficient number to be used as general characters for symbolic names and data representation. ADAM has a character set with 128 assigned characters (those assigned to hardware functions) and 128 general characters. Examples have been abundantly used in this manual so that the reader may easily visualize the performance of each of the machine functions as it is explained. One of the dangers of giving examples, however, is that the reader might limit his concept of the function being discussed to the specific use being illustrated. This is not our intention here, especially since it is felt that only by using the broadest interpretation of each function is it possible to obtain the full power of the machine and its language. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 19, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0428726
Entities
People
- A. P. Mullery
- R. F. Schauer
Organizations
- IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center