Recent changes.

The following changes have recently been implemented:

23-6-2010

Removed Jim Keohane - who passed away some time ago - and added David Stephens to the list of assembler programmers.

7-6-2010

Added a page on using extended explain tables in DB2.

23-5-2010

Added lots of instructions to the instruction charts, starting at the main opcode chart. Updates include various extended mnemonics and new z/Architecture instructions from z/Architecture PoP version 6.

23-2-2010

All pages - except the instruction descriptions - now have a favicon on them. Either the Bixoft logo or the HLASM logo, as appropriate. Also repaired a defect in character set definition as Unicode UTF-8.

12-2-2010

Update of the Profile page.

4-7-2009

Icons added to a few pages and all sources confined to columns 1-71.

24-4-2009

Additional training added to the Profile page.

1-3-2008

23-10-2008

Additional training added to the Profile page.

1-3-2008

Added new opcodeds from the seventh version of the z/Architecture Principles of Operation to the opcode tables.

22-9-2007

Added Mr. Victor deVittorio and Mr. Victor Gil to the list of HLASM experts.

13-6-2007

Added lots of instructions to the charts, starting at the main opcode chart. Updates include various extended mnemonics and new z/Architecture instructions from PoP versions 4 and 5, including decimal floating point instructions.

19-9-2006

Uploaded new versions of Edward Soto's MERG999 program. Also his DATERTNS collection has been updated. Various other routines now appear in his MISCRTNS routine collection.

16-8-2006

Added z390 assembler to the products page.

4-8-2006

Update the profile of A.F. Kornelis in both English and Dutch.

1-8-2006

Added Mr. Paul Morrisson to the list of HLASM experts.

27-3-2004

Added logo to Dignus' entry on the Products page.

19-3-2004

Added a page for each and every instruction - there are now 1254 opcode descriptions (English only). See Opcode tables for details.

3-12-2004

New page with article by Randall Hyde: Why Learning Assembly Language Is Still a Good Idea .

1-11-2004

Added American flag (in addition to the English one) to the language selection tables.

10-10-2004

Opcode descriptions added for opcodes X'00' through X'FF'. Including an overview of SVC code assignments per Operating System. These new pages are accessible from the opcode tables in English and in Dutch.

9-10-2004

Added 27 tables of opcodes. The intention is to create an overview of all opcodes ever supported on IBM mainframes. The tables are available in English and in Dutch.

19-8-2004

Added an overview of selected opcodes to show their orthogonality. Available in English and in Dutch.

24-6-2004

Removed the status overview per page from the sitemap and created a new page for it: status for each page.

21-6-2004

Added an Italian version of the Why Assembler? page.

14-6-2004

Added a complete sitemap, a separate page with credits to our contributors, and a lot of other small changes.

7-6-2004

Added Italian translations of the hlasm and bixoft pages, plus a few more.

24-5-2004

Integrated What's new? pages for Bixoft and HLASM into a single whatsnew page for each language.

15-5-2004

Moved the humor page from the Bixoft to the HLASM site.

24-4-2004

Added this page to the site.

17-4-2004

Completed implementation of CSS for all pages on this site.

28-3-2004

Added a new page to the site:
information on translations of pages on the HLASM and Bixoft sites.

26-3-2004

Added a new page to the HLASM-site:
HLASM-related Products and Services. Available in English and in Dutch.

25-3-2004

Entirely renewed joint homepage for Bixoft and HLASM.

8-3-2004

Over the past few months we have added various profiles to the English list of assembler programmers.

15-9-2003

Symposium "Extending the Life Cycle of Legacy Applications" postponed. Announcement updated.

31-7-2003

Translated page with short profiles of HLASM experts into French and German.

29-7-2003

Published the sources of the sample programs

26-6-2003

Pages with short profiles of HLASM experts added to the site. Available in English and in Dutch.

26-5-2003

Added invitation for symposium: Extending the Life Cycle of Legacy Applications to the site

9-5-2003

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