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1410 DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM BULLETIN
AUTOCODER: PRELIMINARY SPECIFICATIONS
This bulletin is a minor revision of the previous edition, Form J24-1433-1.
It incorporates the amendments published in Technical Newsletters
Nos. N28-0015 and N28-0017. No other changes have been made.
Autocoder is an advanced symbolic programming sys- Machine Requirements
tem for the IBM 1410 Data Processing System. It sup- The Autocoder processor can assemble programs for
plements and extends, but does not replace, the basic all IBM 1410 systems. However, the machine used to
Autocoder for the IBM 1410. assemble a program written in Autocoder language
A more powerful language, the IBM 1410 Autocoder must have at least:
includes the ability to process macro-instructions, and 20,000 positions of core storage
reduces card handling by using magnetic tape for Four IBM 729 II, 729 IV, or 7330 Magnetic Tape
program manipulation during assembly. The Auto- Units
coder processor can assemble programs designed to IBM 1403 Printer, Model 2, or listing on tape
operate on all IBM 1410 systems. The macro-instruc:- IBM 1402 Card Read-Punch or tape input/self-
tions described in theIBM 1410 Input/Output Control loading tape output
System: Preliminary Specifications, Form J29-1432, can For a completely tape-oriented system, two addi-
also be used when coding in Autocoder language. tional tape units are necessary.
With Autocoder the user can provide library rou- This bulletin contains preliminary language speci-
tines for operations that are common to many source fications for the IBM 1410 Autocoder. The system tape
programs. These routines are extracted from the li- containing the processor itself, a listing of the proces-
brary and tailored automatically by the processor to sor program, and operating instructions for program
satisfy particular requirements outlined in the source assembly, will soon be made available from the IBM
program by the programmer. Program Applications Library. .