STRETCH Assembly Program (STRAP) was the
assembler
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for the
IBM 7030 Stretch
The IBM 7030, also known as Stretch, was IBM's first transistorized supercomputer. It was the fastest computer in the world from 1961 until the first CDC 6600 became operational in 1964."Designed by Seymour Cray, the CDC 6600 was almost three t ...
computer. The first version (STRAP-1) was a subset
cross assembler
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that ran on the
IBM 704
The IBM 704 is a large digital mainframe computer introduced by IBM in 1954. It was the first mass-produced computer with hardware for floating-point arithmetic. The IBM 704 ''Manual of operation'' states:
The type 704 Electronic Data-Proc ...
,
IBM 709
The IBM 709 was a computer system, initially announced by IBM in January 1957 and first installed during August 1958. The 709 was an improved version of its predecessor, the IBM 704, and was the third of the IBM 700/7000 series of scientific ...
, and
IBM 7090
The IBM 7090 is a second-generation transistorized version of the earlier IBM 709 vacuum tube mainframe computer that was designed for "large-scale scientific and technological applications". The 7090 is the fourth member of the IBM 700/7000 s ...
computers. The final version (STRAP-2) ran natively.
External links
IBM Reference Manual 704-709-7090 Programming Package for the IBM 7030 Data Processing System(PDF)
STRAP I - assembler for IBM 7030/709
Assemblers
IBM software
IBM 700/7000 series
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