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Re: Set quarter word mode

From Stephen Boyd <sboydlns@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.unisys
Subject Re: Set quarter word mode
Date 2026-02-11 09:21 -0500
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On 2/9/26 15:34, R Daneel Olivaw wrote:
> 
> I'm retired now - and it's been a while - but there were differences 
> between BM and EM/UCS programs.
> The BM programs that I wrote usually ran exclusively in quarter-word or 
> third-word modes and all I had to do was (I think) " $info 1 3 " or " 
> $info 1 5 ".
> MASM-only UCS programs were a bit more sporty, there is a method and it 
> works reliably but I'd have to look through my old documentation to find 
> it.

I think you're right. That would start a program in quarter or third 
word mode but not toggle back and forth while the program was running.

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Set quarter word mode Stephen Boyd <sboydlns@gmail.com> - 2026-02-09 14:47 -0500
  Re: Set quarter word mode Stephen Fuld <sfuld@alumni.cmu.edu.invalid> - 2026-02-09 11:56 -0800
    Re: Set quarter word mode Stephen Boyd <sboydlns@gmail.com> - 2026-02-09 15:31 -0500
      Re: Set quarter word mode Stephen Fuld <sfuld@alumni.cmu.edu.invalid> - 2026-02-09 23:57 -0800
  Re: Set quarter word mode R Daneel Olivaw <Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov.invalid> - 2026-02-09 21:34 +0100
    Re: Set quarter word mode Stephen Boyd <sboydlns@gmail.com> - 2026-02-11 09:21 -0500
  Re: Set quarter word mode "Steve J. Martin" <sjmsoft@gmail.com> - 2026-02-11 05:53 -0400
    Re: Set quarter word mode Stephen Boyd <sboydlns@gmail.com> - 2026-02-11 09:24 -0500
    Re: Set quarter word mode Stephen Fuld <sfuld@alumni.cmu.edu.invalid> - 2026-02-23 13:08 -0800
      Re: Set quarter word mode R Daneel Olivaw <Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov.invalid> - 2026-02-24 09:03 +0100

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