Re: Operating system name -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: Operating system name
From: Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 19:59:08 -0500
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My memory is that we could remove, or at least lessen, overlays by using either MULT or DIV, never both, in a program. Percent was: top # divided by bottom # divided by .01

On 5/4/2017 7:28 PM, Dan wrote:

I spent a*lot* of time keeping certain programs within the 64K limit on
the S/36 back in the day. I remember lining up three sequential indicators
for SETON or SETOF, the first of which had to be an indicator number
divisible by 8, so that I could save 1 byte.

I do*not* miss those days.

- Dan

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