pcjs/apps/pdp10/tests/macro10/NESTLIT.MAC.txt
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; From the MACRO-10 ASSEMBLER PROGRAMMER'S REFERENCE MANUAL (April 1978), p. 2-8:
P=0
T1=1
T2=2
GETCHR: ILDB T2,T1 ;Get a character
CAIN T2,0 ;Is it a null?
JRST [MOVE T1,TXTPTR# ;Yes, retrieve pointer
ILDB T2,T1 ;Get a new character
CAIN T2,"?" ;Is it a question mark?
JRST [MOVE T1,TXTPT1# ;Yes, get alternate pointer
ILDB T2,T1 ;Get the message character
JRST GETHLP#] ;Go to help routine
POPJ P,] ;Not question mark, return
POPJ P, ;Not a null, return