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+Network Working Group John R. Pickens
+RFC # 485 UCSB
+NIC # 15063 19 March 1973
+References NWG/RFC #473
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+ MIX and MIXAL at UCSB
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+The following, in response to David Walden's MIX query (RFC#473) was
+written by a graduate student at UCSB. Questions regarding "cheap"
+usage should be directed to Roland F. Bryan (RFB) at UCSB.
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+Mark Scott Johnson
+18 March 1973
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+ I wrote a MIXAL assembler and a MIX simulator last summer. The
+assembler is written in SNOBOL4 and, unfortunately, is fairly expensive
+to run. The assembler has been fairly well debugged and is documented.
+However, although the MIX simulator is written (in 360 Assembler), it
+has only been partially debugged. Due to the resumption of school and
+other commitments, I was unable to give the simulator a thorough
+debugging. All the simulated instructions except I/O instructions have
+been tested somewhat and appear to be operating well. Also, card reader
+input and printer output are operational, but my simulation of disk
+files and magnetic tape has not been completed. There is presently no
+documentation for the simulator. Very little documentation is needed,
+however, since the simulator follows almost to the letter the
+specifications detailed in _Fundamental_Algorithms_.
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+ If anyone is interested in using the assembler and/or the simulator,
+I will be happy to supply what documentation exists plus some
+information on how the programs can be accessed. Also, if anyone is
+interested in the source code for the programs, I will be happy to send
+it. I hope to be able to finish the simulator this next quarter. If
+anyone wants to use the system and if they should find any bugs, I will
+do my best to maintain and correct the programs.
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+ [ This RFC was put into machine readable form for entry ]
+ [ into the online RFC archives by Alex McKenzie with ]
+ [ support from GTE, formerly BBN Corp. 9/99 ]
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