Audience
This course is designed for application and system programmers and for other individuals who wish to write programs in Assembler Language. This includes those who may need to develop support libraries for REXX or other high level languages. In addition, this course is an appropriate introduction for individuals wishing a basic introduction to System /390 architecture.
Topics
Unit 1: Assembler Language Overview
- Language Hierarchy
- Assembler Language Components
- Program Components
Unit 2: S/390 Memory Usage
- Hardware Components
- Numbering Systems
- Numeric Conversions
- Data Representation
Unit 3: S/390 Addressing and Instructions
- Addressing
- Machine Instruction Formats
- Assembler Language Formats
- Converting Assembler Language to Machine Langu
Objectives