Episode Synopsis "Procedure"

The September 1981 University Computing Center Newsletter at the University of Southern California included this recipe for “Famous Rum Cake,” written in Assembler by a systems programmer for the IBM 360: RUMCAKE CSECT * THIS INTRODUCES SOME NEW MNEMONICS * MX MIX * MXL MIX UNTIL LIGHT * BSOP BEAT UNTIL SOFT PEAKS * BSTP BEAT UNTIL STIFF PEAKS * BKE BAKE (SECOND OPERAND IS NUMBER OF MINUTES) PREHEAT BALR 12,0 350 DEGREES USING *,12 BOWL1 L 3,FLOUR A 3,BAKPOW A 3,SALT A 3,BSODA BOWL2 L 4,BUTTER MXL 4 A 4,SUGAR1 MX 4 A 4,ORIND AR 4,3 A 4,MIXTURE MX...

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