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CARDAC.HLP
CARDAC.BAS SIMULATES THE ACTION OF A PRIMITIVE COMPUTER
NAMED CARDIAC. YOUR PROGRAM SHOULD BE ENTERED AS DATA
STARTING AT STATEMENT 10 AND ENDING BEFORE STATEMENT 50. ADDRESS
AND INSTRUCTION INFORMATION MUST BE SEPARATED BY COMMAS. AS
MANY PROGRAM ELEMENTS AS YOU WISH MAY BE ENTERED IN EACH
DATA STATEMENT. FOR EXAMPLE, '10 DATA 20,006,21,106,ETC.'
AFTER YOU HAVE COMPLETED ENTERING YOUR CARDIAC
PROGRAM, CARDIAC DATA MAY BE ENTERED USING AN ENTRY OF
'99,800' AS A SEPARATOR BETWEEN THE PROGRAM AND THE DATA.
END YOUR CARDIAC 'DECK' WITH A '0'. C PROGRAM MAY BE BOOTSTRAPED BY
ENTERING IT AS CARDIAC DATA FOLLOWING THE DATA SIGNAL '99,800'.
THESE ARE THE CARDIAC OP CODES:
0--READ
1--CLEAR AND ADD
2--ADD
3--IF ACCUMULATOR NEGATIVE TRANSFER TO ADDRESS
4--SHIFT
5--PRINT
6--STORE
7--SUBTRACT
8--TRANSFER CONTROL
9--HALT
THE FOLLOWING IS A SAMPLE CARDIAC PROGRAM THAT DIVIDES ONE NUMBER
INTO ANOTHER AND PRINTS THE QUOTIENT AND REMAINDER. THE COMMENTS
ON THE RIGHT TELL WHAT EACH STEP IS DOING.
LOC INSTRUCTION COMMENT
=== =========== ======
01 090 READ THE FIRST NUMBER INTO LOCATION 90
02 091 READ THE SECOND NUMBER INTO LOCATION 91
03 590 PRINT THE FIRST NUMBER
04 591 PRINT THE SECOND NUMBER
05 190 CLEAR THE ACCUMULATOR AND MOVE THE NUMBER IN
LOCATION 90 (THE FIRST NUMBER) INTO THE ACCUMULATOR
06 791 SUBTRACT THE NUMBER IN LOCATION 91 (THE SECOND
NUMBER) FROM THE NUMBER IN THE ACCUMULATOR LEAVING
THE RESULTS IN THE ACCUMULATOR
07 313 TEST THE ACCUMULATOR AND IF IT IS NEGATIVE JUMP TO
LOCATION 13 AND CONTINUE EXECUTION FROM THERE
08 690 STORE THE RESULTS OF THE SUBTRACTION BACK IN
LOCATION 90
09 192 CLEAR THE ACCUMULATOR AND MOVE THE SUBTRACTION
COUNT STORED IN LOCATION 92 INTO THE ACCUMULATOR
10 200 ADD THE CONTENTS OF LOCATION 00 (LOC 00 CON-
TAINS A 1 ALL OF THE TIME) TO THE ACCUMULATOR
11 692 STORE THE CONTENTS OF THE ACCUMULATOR BACK IN LOC 92
12 805 JUMP BACK TO LOCATION 5
13 592 PRINT THE QUOTIENT
14 590 PRINT THE REMAINDER
15 900 HALT THE EXECUTION OF THE PROGRAM
TO ENTER THIS PROGRAM INTO THE COMPUTER USING 14 AND 3 AS THE DIVIDEND
AND DIVISOR THE FOLLOWING SEQENCE OF COMMANDS WOULD BE USED:
10 DATA 01,090,02,091,03,590,04,591,05,190,06,791,07,312,08,690,09,192
20 DATA 10,200,11,692,12,805,13,592,14,590,10,900
30 DATA 99,800,14,3,0
TO RUN THE PROGRAM YOU MUST TYPE 'R BASIC' IF THE COMPUTER
PRINTS A '.' WHEN YOU HIT RETURN. WHEN THE COMPUTER
PRINTS 'READY, FOR HELP TYPE HELP' OR 'READY' TYPE IN
'OLD D11:CARDAC'. THE COMPUTER WILL RESPOND WITH ANOTHER
'READY'. TYPE IN YOUR DATA STATEMENTS (IE. PROGRAM AND
DATA) AND THEN TYPE 'RUN 210' OR 'RUNNH 210' AND YOUR PROGRAM
WILL BE EXECUTED. FIRST YOU WILL BE ASKED IF YOU WANT A 'DUMP'. A DUMP IS
JUST A LISTING OF ALL 100 STORAGE LOCATIONS AND THEIR CONTENTS. NEXT,
YOUR PROGRAM WILL BE LISTED AND RUN.