Overview of Changes for the Bixoft and HLASM sites

The following changes have recently been implemented:

3-10-2012: Added new instructions from the tenth edition of the z/Architecture Principles of Operation to the Opcode tables and the instruction lists.
5-6-2012: Added Roberto Fiorani to the list of assembler programmers.
16-4-2011: Profile updated.
Added Andreas Geissbuehler to the list of assembler programmers.
4-4-2011: As per IBM APAR PK87960 various opcodes have been renamed. The missing mnemonnics have been added to the opcode charts and instruction lists.
30-3-2011: The products page has been updated. Entry for Tachyon added, some other entries updated.
15-2-2011: All links on all pages modified to make them comply with the official standard by W3C to use forward slashes in paths and web addresses.
14-2-2011: A whole set of instruction lists added.
12-1-2011: Our Assembler Proficiency Selftest has been announced long ago. At long last, we have completed its publication.
6-12-2010: Finally completed the update of the instruction charts with various millicode-only instructions and all new z196 instructions. Also appended tables with instructions with unknown opcodes and assembler directives.
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.
24-4-2009: Additional training added to the Profile page.
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: Updated the profile of A.F. Kornelis.
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. 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'0F'. Including an overview of SVC code assignments per Operating System. These new pages are accessible from the base opcode table.
9-10-2004: Added a table of opcodes X'00' through X'FF'. The table contains links to 26 subtables which list the other opcodes. The intention is to create an overview of all opcodes ever supported on IBM mainframes.
19-8-2004: Added an overview of selected opcodes to show their orthogonality.
14-6-2004: Added a sitemap and a page with credits to thank our contributors.
7-6-2004: Added an italian translation of various pages. Both for Bixoft and for HLASM.
24-5-2004: Integrated What's new? pages for Bixoft and HLASM into a single whatsnew page.
15-5-2004: Added humor page.
17-4-2004: Completed implementation of CSS for all pages on this site.
29-3-2004: Added Continuing to Profit from Legacy Assembler Code.
28-3-2004: Added a page from the Bixoft site: Assembler Language as a Higher Level Language - Macros and Conditional Assembly Techniques.
26-3-2004: Added a new page: HLASM-related Products and Services.
22-3-2004: Added a sentence to the Why Assember page.
8-3-2004: Over the past few months we have added various profiles to the 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: Added explanatory text for the sample programs
22-7-2003: Added two participants to the profiles list

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