A Relocatable Assembler and Associated Loader for the D17B Minuteman Guidance Computer.

Abstract

The D17B Minuteman Guidance Computer is a serial data processor with a rotating disk memory. After conversion to laboratory use at AFIT, the problem of programming in machine language remained. The addition of an I/O system has allowed the development of a relatively sophisticated operating system and assembler. The D17B Operating System uses a punched paper tape library to load and execute programs under the direction of commands entered at a teletype keyboard. The Minuteman Assembler is designed to work with the relocatable program loader. The assembly language is designed using customary syntax and semantics where possible. External references are allowed. The assembler is to be implemented in a segmented format to allow more sophisticated features in the small memory of the D17B computer. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0760758

Entities

People

  • Donald D. Henson

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Assembly Languages
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Guidance
  • Guidance Computers
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • Language
  • Linguistics
  • Machine Languages
  • Operating Systems

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  • Computer Engineering
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.