Here's the "Lincoln's Birthday" Autocoder program ... you were asking about last weekend. I'll leave it to you to figure what it prints out(hint: display the output with a fixed-pitch font)
and to contemplate the minds of psychedelically-addled late-60s youth. (That was a really fun time -- what I remember of it!)-- Ron If you promise not to peek, the result is here ;-))
the source code is "MakR-lincoln.s" in this directory as run by Ron Mak's ROPE, which uses Autocoder and a simulator running on your PC :-))
JOB Lincoln's Birthday Program CTL 3311 ****************************************************************** * Lincoln's Birthday Program * by Ronald Mak * * Original version: February 1969 * Resurrected: February 2005 ****************************************************************** ORG 87 X1 DSA 0 index register 1 ORG 92 X2 DSA 0 index register 2 ORG 97 X3 DSA 0 index register 3 * ORG 333 * * Lincoln's Gettysburg Address * GETTYS DCW 0 DCW @Four score and seven years ago@ DCW @our fathers brought forth@ DCW @on this continent a new nation,@ DCW @conceived in liberty and@ DCW @dedicated to the proposition@ DCW @that all men are created equal.@ DCW @Now we are engaged in a great@ DCW @civil war, testing whether that@ DCW @nation or any nation so@ DCW @conceived and so dedicated@ DCW @can long endure. We are met on@ DCW @a great battlefield of that war.@ DCW @We have come to dedicate a@ DCW @portion of that field as a final@ DCW @resting place for those who here@ DCW @gave their lives that that nation@ DCW @might live. It is altogether@ DCW @fitting and proper that we should@ DCW @do this. But in a larger sense,@ DCW @we cannot hallow this ground.@ DCW @The brave men, living and@ DCW @dead who struggled here have@ DCW @consecrated it far above our poor@ DCW @power to add or detract. The world@ DCW @will little note nor long remember@ DCW @what we say here, but it can never@ DCW @forget what they did here. It is@ DCW @for us the living rather to be@ DCW @dedicated here to the unfinished@ DCW @work which they who fought here@ DCW @have thus far so nobly advanced.@ DCW @It is rather for us to be here@ DCW @dedicated to the great task@ DCW @remaining before us, that from@ DCW @these honored dead we take@ DCW @increased devotion to that cause@ DCW @for which they gave the last full@ DCW @measure of devotion, that we here@ DCW @highly resolve that these dead@ DCW @shall not have died in vain,@ DCW @that this nation under God shall@ DCW @have a new birth of freedom, and@ DCW @that government of the people,@ DCW @by the people, for the people@ DCW @shall not perish from this earth.@ * * Program start. Set index register X1 to point to the * first print map value, and index register X2 to point * to the first character of the Gettysburg Address. * Index register X3 will later point into the print area. * START SBR X1,MAP point X1 to print map SBR X2,GETTYS&1 point X2 to Gettysburg address * * Loop once per print map value. First check if it's the * end of the print map. If the map value is negative, then * print out the current line and start a new one. * LOOP MCW 0&X1,MAPVAL MAPVAL = curent map value SBR X1,2&X1 point X1 to the next value C @00@,MAPVAL if MAPVAL = 0 BE DONE then DONE * BWZ TEST,MAPVAL,2 if MAPVAL < 0, then MZ @ @,MAPVAL MAPVAL = abs(MAPVAL) W print out current line CS 299 clear the print area SBR X3,200 point X3 to print area * * Each line alternates between 'skip' and 'take'. * TEST BCE DOSKIP,NEXTDO,0 if 'skip' then do skip * * Do 'take': Take MAPVAL number of letters from the Gettysburg * Address and append them to the current print line. * DOTAKE BCE NEXTCH,0&X2, don't take any blanks BCE NEXTCH,0&X2,, nor commas BCE NEXTCH,0&X2,. nor periods * MN 0&X2,0&X3 append letter to print line MZ 0&X2,0&X3 S @1@,MAPVAL MAPVAL = MAPVAL - 1 SBR X3,1&X3 point X3 to next print position * NEXTCH SBR X2,1&X2 point X2 to next Gettysburg char C &00,MAPVAL if MAPVAL > 0 BH DOTAKE then take some more chars MCW SKIP,NEXTDO else next do 'skip' B LOOP * * Do 'skip': Skip MAPVAL number of blanks in the print line. * DOSKIP A MAPVAL,X3 X3 = X3 + MAPVAL MCW TAKE,NEXTDO next do 'take' B LOOP * * Done with all print map values. Print the final line and quit. * DONE W FINIS H FINIS H * SKIP DCW 0 'skip' code TAKE DCW 1 'take' code NEXTDO DCW 0 what to do next in the line MAPVAL DCW 00 print map value * * The print map. A negative number denotes the start of a new * line, and its absolute value becomes the initial 'skip' value. * Each line's map values alternate between 'skip' and 'take' * values. The final zero denotes the end of the print map. * Map values must each be two digits in length. * MAP DCW -43 DCW 17 DCW -34 DCW 28 DCW -31 DCW 33 DCW -29 DCW 37 DCW -28 DCW 39 DCW -27 DCW 12 DCW 06 DCW 23 DCW -26 DCW 10 DCW 10 DCW 23 DCW -26 DCW 08 DCW 17 DCW 18 DCW -26 DCW 07 DCW 21 DCW 16 DCW -25 DCW 09 DCW 20 DCW 10 DCW 01 DCW 06 DCW -25 DCW 09 DCW 21 DCW 10 DCW 01 DCW 05 DCW -24 DCW 10 DCW 26 DCW 03 DCW 04 DCW 05 DCW -22 DCW 13 DCW 33 DCW 04 DCW -21 DCW 04 DCW 02 DCW 08 DCW 08 DCW 04 DCW 22 DCW 03 DCW -20 DCW 03 DCW 05 DCW 06 DCW 05 DCW 10 DCW 20 DCW 04 DCW -17 DCW 04 DCW 08 DCW 05 DCW 04 DCW 05 DCW 06 DCW 01 DCW 07 DCW 09 DCW 03 DCW 04 DCW -17 DCW 03 DCW 08 DCW 05 DCW 04 DCW 04 DCW 14 DCW 05 DCW 02 DCW 05 DCW 02 DCW 05 DCW -18 DCW 03 DCW 07 DCW 04 DCW 09 DCW 02 DCW 01 DCW 04 DCW 01 DCW 01 DCW 05 DCW 01 DCW 05 DCW 04 DCW 03 DCW 07 DCW -18 DCW 03 DCW 07 DCW 03 DCW 09 DCW 01 DCW 02 DCW 05 DCW 01 DCW 01 DCW 06 DCW 03 DCW 03 DCW 03 DCW 01 DCW 09 DCW -18 DCW 03 DCW 07 DCW 02 DCW 11 DCW 01 DCW 02 DCW 02 DCW 02 DCW 01 DCW 08 DCW 01 DCW 01 DCW 02 DCW 02 DCW 02 DCW 02 DCW 07 DCW -18 DCW 03 DCW 08 DCW 02 DCW 26 DCW 01 DCW 09 DCW 06 DCW -19 DCW 03 DCW 07 DCW 03 DCW 25 DCW 01 DCW 10 DCW 01 DCW -19 DCW 04 DCW 06 DCW 03 DCW 26 DCW 01 DCW 09 DCW 01 DCW -20 DCW 12 DCW 25 DCW 01 DCW 10 DCW 01 DCW -21 DCW 11 DCW 17 DCW 03 DCW 06 DCW 01 DCW 09 DCW 01 DCW -22 DCW 10 DCW 15 DCW 02 DCW 08 DCW 01 DCW 09 DCW 01 DCW -25 DCW 07 DCW 07 DCW 01 DCW 04 DCW 02 DCW 02 DCW 01 DCW 08 DCW 02 DCW 07 DCW 01 DCW -26 DCW 07 DCW 06 DCW 04 DCW 05 DCW 09 DCW 02 DCW 01 DCW 05 DCW 01 DCW -26 DCW 08 DCW 05 DCW 01 DCW 12 DCW 01 DCW 06 DCW 01 DCW 04 DCW 01 DCW -26 DCW 08 DCW 05 DCW 01 DCW 06 DCW 01 DCW 02 DCW 01 DCW 02 DCW 02 DCW 07 DCW 01 DCW 01 DCW 01 DCW -27 DCW 07 DCW 05 DCW 01 DCW 03 DCW 17 DCW 02 DCW 01 DCW -27 DCW 05 DCW 15 DCW 11 DCW 04 DCW 01 DCW -27 DCW 08 DCW 26 DCW 02 DCW -28 DCW 15 DCW 17 DCW 04 DCW -28 DCW 37 DCW -28 DCW 36 DCW -28 DCW 36 DCW -27 DCW 01 DCW 01 DCW 34 DCW -26 DCW 01 DCW 03 DCW 33 DCW -25 DCW 01 DCW 06 DCW 30 DCW -25 DCW 01 DCW 08 DCW 27 DCW -24 DCW 01 DCW 11 DCW 21 DCW 04 DCW 01 DCW -21 DCW 04 DCW 14 DCW 16 DCW 07 DCW 01 DCW -12 DCW 06 DCW 26 DCW 07 DCW 12 DCW 01 DCW -10 DCW 05 DCW 49 DCW 01 DCW -06 DCW 04 DCW 55 DCW 01 DCW -03 DCW 03 DCW 60 DCW 01 DCW -40 DCW 01 DCW 14 DCW 01 DCW -36 DCW 10 DCW 04 DCW 10 DCW -34 DCW 28 DCW -36 DCW 10 DCW 05 DCW 09 DCW -40 DCW 01 DCW 14 DCW 01 DCW 00 * END START