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        I've been programming micro assembler (65xxx and 80x86) for some
years along with C and keeping tabs on other languages. Recently I got
a job in a mainframe IBM environment and have the choices of BASIC
(I can't get an executable out of it - it 'compiles' to tokens), COBOL,
FORTRAN, and 370 assembler. While I am checking into FORTRAN I would
like to get to know the assembler set. I have access to infinite source
examples but this is quite different from anything I have seen micro. For
instance, BALR. Branch Always Left Right? Also, I have yet to see a CALL,
JUMP, GOSUB, RETURN, or anything of the type.

        So, to make a long story short (in other words, you could
have skipped the last paragraph) I am looking for reference books that
are readable by a non - professor. I can usually read college texts but
there are extremes. Thanks


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