Recent changes.

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 English list of assembler programmers.
16-4-2011: Profile updated; Dutch version as well.
Added Andreas Geissbuehler to the English, French, and German lists 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. All entries now available in Dutch as well.
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.
4-7-2009: Icons added to a few pages and all sources confined to columns 1-71.
24-4-2009: Additional training added to the Profile page.
1-3-2008
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: Update the profile of A.F. Kornelis in both English and Dutch.
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 (English only). 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'FF'. Including an overview of SVC code assignments per Operating System. These new pages are accessible from the opcode tables in English and in Dutch.
9-10-2004: Added 27 tables of opcodes. The intention is to create an overview of all opcodes ever supported on IBM mainframes. The tables are available in English and in Dutch.
19-8-2004: Added an overview of selected opcodes to show their orthogonality. Available in English and in Dutch.
24-6-2004: Removed the status overview per page from the sitemap and created a new page for it: status for each page.
21-6-2004: Added an Italian version of the Why Assembler? page.
14-6-2004: Added a complete sitemap, a separate page with credits to our contributors, and a lot of other small changes.
7-6-2004: Added Italian translations of the hlasm and bixoft pages, plus a few more.
24-5-2004: Integrated What's new? pages for Bixoft and HLASM into a single whatsnew page for each language.
15-5-2004: Moved the humor page from the Bixoft to the HLASM site.
24-4-2004: Added this page to the site.
17-4-2004: Completed implementation of CSS for all pages on this site.
28-3-2004: Added a new page to the site:
information on translations of pages on the HLASM and Bixoft sites.
26-3-2004: Added a new page to the HLASM-site:
HLASM-related Products and Services. Available in English and in Dutch.
25-3-2004: Entirely renewed joint homepage for Bixoft and HLASM.
8-3-2004: Over the past few months we have added various profiles to the English 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: Published the sources of the sample programs
26-6-2003: Pages with short profiles of HLASM experts added to the site. Available in English and in Dutch.
26-5-2003: Added invitation for symposium: Extending the Life Cycle of Legacy Applications to the site
9-5-2003: Joined this Bixoft site to the dino-webring

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