COMAP: A Conversational Macro Package for the IBM 2250,

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Abstract:

COMAP is a programming tool directed toward the assembly language programmer. COMAP, a set of assembly language macros, enables the programmer to utilize the 2250 graphics display as a conversational tool with a minimum of knowledge of the display device itself. Through the use of the macros provided by COMAP the programmer or producer of statistical conversational units can handle automatic control and formatting of the output display, dynamic memory allocation and storage of input messages from the keyboard, maintenance of internal tables and control blocks, buffer management in the graphics display controller, basic attention handling.

Author(s):
Penn, Lu
Author Organization(s):
GEORGIA UNIV ATHENS DEPT OF STATISTICS
Pagination:
0041

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
TR-48, THEMIS-UGA-4
Contract/Grant Number(s):
N00014-69-A-0423
Project Number(s):
NR-042-261
 Subject Terms
Communities of Interest:
No COI(s) Identified
Descriptor(s):
(*COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, GRAPHICS), DISPLAY SYSTEMS, INPUT OUTPUT DEVICES, PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES, SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS
Field(s)/Group(s):
Computer Programming and Software, Computer Hardware
Keyword(s):
MACROPROGRAMMING, ON LINE COMPUTERS, ASSEMBLY LANGUAGES, IBM 2250 COMPUTERS, THEMIS PROJECT, *COMPUTERS, *GRAPHICS
Report Date:
1969 Nov 01