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From: erik@marge.phys.washington.edu (Erik D. Olson)
Subject: Re: Mac Aquarium
Keywords: macintosh, aquarium
Organization: Cosmic Ray Labratory, University of Washington
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 16:42:40 GMT

In article <1992Oct10.153242.1563@guinness.idbsu.edu> gusbergi@idbsu.edu writes:
>From: gusbergi@idbsu.edu
>Subject: Mac Aquarium
>Keywords: macintosh, aquarium
>Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 15:32:42 GMT

> Has anyone ever heard or seen a text file that lets you turn a macintosh
>computer into an aquarium?  My tyrant of a boss seems to think that there is
>one out there somewhere detailing the process.  If you have ever heard of such
>a file please let me now for we have a few (16) old Macintosh Pluses with
>trashed power packs and cpu's that we would like to turn into pleasant homes
>for goldfish.

>Rob Bergin
>Faculty Computer Lab
>Boise State University

I have done something like this... I turned a vintage 1970's console TV into 
a 29 gallon high tank.  Basically rip out all the guts until you just have a 
box.  The tricky part is deciding what to do about the non-flat interface 
between the glass and the plastic front bezel.  I chose to saw off parts of 
the inside of the corners to make it look more like a "flat screen" TV, 
although there still is a little gap in the center of the bottom.  This is 
probably less of a concern with something like a mac.  OK, now measure 
carefully the dimensions you need for plexiglass.  On the console TV there 
was already a wooden stand for the electronics, so I just built the plexi 
tank and put it on the wooden stand with some reinforcements underneath.  
For the Mac, you might have to build a small plastic stand.  The second 
tricky part is the top.  TVs are usually open on the back, not the top.  I 
ended up reinforcing the back with new wood, and modifying the top so it 
hinges open.  I mounted the lights right in the top, and don't fill the 
thing all the way with water.  If I do this again, I think I will gut an old 
VCR and cut a hole in the top of the console, affix the VCR chassis atop 
the hole and mount the lights inside the faux VCR so I can fill the tank 
to the top.  For a small case like the mac, you may have to build a small 
decoy of something on top of the Mac to house a miniature light.   Finally, 
I chose to keep the knobs from the TV intact & do a little electronics 
pokery such that when you turn it "on" you get water noises out of the 
speaker (from a tape playing in a concealed walkman playing through the TV 
speaker).  This is irrelavent (especially for a Mac).

Plexiglas, by the way, is very easy to work with, and if you use the 
acrylic cement (not silicone) it will be a very leakproof seal.

   Erik
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Xref: sparky alt.aquaria:5261 rec.aquaria:7891 sci.aquaria:1429
From: stecker@FOZZY.AUD.ALCATEL.COM (David Stecker)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Possible dumb question
Date: 7 Oct 92 19:05:48 GMT

Are there kits out there to build your own aquarium?

If there are if a newbie tries this is he likely to
got a few gallons of water in his living room?
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
From: kjell-b@gribb.hsr.no (Bjordal, Kjell         7-93)
Subject: Tropheus
Organization: Rogaland University Centre
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 14:24:28 GMT

 If you have  Tropheus Moorii "kachese" or "Red rainbow" (4-6 cm) I would 
 like too bye some
From: mlp@uh.msc.edu (Mark Peterson)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Re: Help [S]with Maroon Clown!
Date: 12 Oct 92 21:56:14 GMT
Organization: Minnesota Supercomputer Center, Minneapolis, MN

In article <1bcb6tINN86l@fido.asd.sgi.com> davep@paladin.corp.sgi.com (David Packer) writes:

Hi,

I recently added two fish to my new Saltwater tank. A
Maroon Clown and a Foxface.  The tank is new and has 
passed all the chemical tests for the run in period.

The maroon clown hasn't shown any signs of stress, but
after (2) days in the tank I have noticed a white film
around his right Gill, along with what looked like a
wart?! I thought maybe the terror of being in a new
tank caused him to brush up against a piece of coral
causing a little damage to his guill. On day (3) the
white film started to  cover more of his right gill and
expand during the day to cover his entire right front
and last night the white film has started to encroach
over the top onto the other side.


    I purchased two maroon clowns a few months ago and they both died
of fungus. No more maroon clowns for me. Seems like they're susceptible
to fungus(I think that's what it was. I tried Maracyn but it was too
late.



                                                          mlp
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From: rzeller@brtph450.bnr.ca (Richard Zeller P860)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria,sci.aquaria
Subject: Need Help With Ick!!!
Date: 7 Oct 92 17:36:20 GMT
Organization: BNR, Inc. Research Triangle Park, NC


I started a fresh water tank (55 gals, w/live plants) a little over a year	
ago with great success. Until now....

It is a community tank with various fish (tetras, betas, loaches, etc).
Five days ago I experienced my first outbreak of ICK. This was after buying
a number of new fish (that looked healthy).

I first tried a product called Aquari-SOS (by Aquarium Products). This required
I raise the temp of my tank to 86(F) and continue to treat the tank until the 
ick cleared. I did this for three days and it got much worse. I went from a
few fish with ick to 90% of my fish.

I called another fish store and they talked me into doing a 50% water change
and lowering the temp and using their product called Ick Guard (by Jungle
products).  In the two days since using this, the ick has seem to lessen a bit,
but this morning I lost two of my original fish (my favorites), 4 inch
clown loaches.  I have lost about 8 fish total so far.

I am really frustrated!!! How long can I expect the ick to last? What's the
best way to treat it now and how do I prevent future infections? I was told
the original infection is usally brought on by a temp. change in the tank,
which wasn't the case.     HELP....

Thanks:
Bud
From: BDH113@psuvm.psu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: I've Been Infested!
Date: 16 Oct 92 02:23:07 GMT
Organization: Penn State University

I was just changing my water today, and noticed afterwards that there were
a great many very thin white worms wriggling around on the sides of my
aquarium. They are about the thickness of a hair, maybe 4cm long, and are
all over the place. My tank is freshwater. The fish don't seem to be
particularly concerned about the worms.

Anyways, I have two small red piranahs in there, so I assume that most
worm-eating fish might not last too long. Any suggestions on what I have
or how to fix the problem ( if it is a problem ).

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From: jartsu@vipu.hut.fi (Jartsu)
Subject: Re: WHY IS THIS IN HERE??
Reply-To: Jari.Lehto@hut.fi
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 19:48:35 GMT

In article <2365.402.uupcb@the-matrix.com> janet.rawlins@the-matrix.com (Janet Rawlins)  writes:

> -> >>>>>>>>Fuzzy Wuzzy was insatiable.  Pleased to ignite muck--moldy,
> -> though >>>>>>>>bemused.

> Does anyone have any idea why this juvenile nonsense keeps getting
> dumped into an aquarium conference??

Massive crossposting.
Just check the amount of newsgroups on the Newsgroups: -header of the
original message...

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Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
From: sonny@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (joseph.j.de rosa)
Subject: Re: 'stained glass' fish - genuine or modified fakes?
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 11:33:34 GMT

In article <1992Oct6.221911.2334@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> thester@nyx.cs.du.edu (Uncle Fester) writes:
>In article <1992Oct6.195657.4581@javelin.sim.es.com> tpehrson@javelin.sim
>es.com writes:
>>please help settle a dispute:
>>
>>are 'stained glass' fish -- transparent fish with a various bright color
>>down the back -- a bona-fide variety of fish or a fallacious novelty created 
>>by injecting dye?
>>
>
>Pure, unadulterated fakery.  In a few months, the injected dye will fade,
>and you will be left with a fish that is as plain and uninteresting as a
>Bush campaign promise.

Well, at least PAR of what you say is true. The colors on the painted fish
will fade within a few months. This process is NOT very good for the fish,
and most will die before the color fades. I also reccommend that you aviod the
painted individuals. HOWEVER, Glassfish possess a delicate 
beauty that is only apparant when they are kept in proper conditions. I have 
had small schools (8-10 fish) of the UNPAINTED VARIETY in a 30 gallon tank that
were quite spectacular. The fish likes warm conditions (high 70's), brackish
water and small live foods. Live plants (or at least some algae) helps bring
out their color. Yes, glassfish have color. The males develop a bright electric
blue border to the trailing edge o fthe dorsal, the body turns a yellowish/gold,
and there are some neat colors from refracting light off the scales. This is 
NOT a flashy fish, but very pleasant. Too bad they paint them.

Joe DeRosa
jderosa@attmail.att.com
From: drallen@convex.csd.uwm.edu (Derek R Allen)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: (M) In-line protein skimmer
Date: 16 Oct 1992 21:08:51 GMT
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.7.30
Originator: drallen@convex.csd.uwm.edu

I have a 55g marine tank with a relatively low bioload (clown, blue chromis,
coral beauty, and small  R. Aculeatus trigger) with a UGF, Biowheel 300, and
Marineland Magnum 350 cannister filter.  I would like to run an "in-line"
protein skimmer using all or a portion of the return water from the cannister
filter.   I think a company called 'La Mer' sells an in-line model and
indicates that if you can bleed off between 150 and 200 gph from your 
cannister filter it will run nicely.  A strong air pump is also required,
of course.  My question: has anyone an experience with in-line protein
skimmers?  Thanks in advance.
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Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
From: oleg@netcom.com (Oleg Kiselev)
Subject: Re: (f) companion fish for jewel cichlids
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 05:38:50 GMT

In article <1992Oct6.135837.27501@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> mattk@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (matthew.kaufman) writes:
>In article <1992Oct5.180912.11736@bnr.ca> dbailey@bcarh673.bnr.ca (Douglas Bailey) writes:
>>Any suggestions welcome.  Please post since my company doesn't allow
>>email access unless it's company business.

Huh?  They let you read and post to the USENET, but not use e-mail?!  Has
anyone suggested to the company's management that they are insane?

>Gee, like the last guy who posted that he was killing his fish and when
>I made some suggestions flamed me in private mail? Probably he's had to
>repopulate his tank of incompatible fish by now. But of course, he knows best.

Of course.
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From: booth@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (George Booth)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Re: Solution Ground
Date: 12 Oct 92 18:01:04 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Loveland, CO

In alt.aquaria, philt@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (philip.tomaskovic) writes:

    Has anyone tried the Sandpoint SOlution Ground? 

Yes.

    Does it seem to work? 

Yes.

    Has anyone put one in after seeing the symptoms of lateral
    line disease and then actually see the disease be cured?

Yes.

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Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
From: rclark@alcor.concordia.ca (Richard Clark)
Subject: Re: WHY IS THIS IN HERE??
Organization: Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 14:27:35 GMT


Just to hopefully end this constant muttering ...

I actually did something about it rather than just posting here, I
sent email to the sender and politely but firmly told him that most of
us did not appreciate his posting.  He apologized, saying that he had
forgotten to check the newsgroups field when he posted.

So, since we know what happened was a mistake and the gentleman who
posted apologized, we can get back to more serious matters, like
characins... 

rick
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Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
From: thester@nyx.cs.du.edu (Uncle Fester)
Subject: Re: I've Been Infested!
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 06:13:04 GMT

In article <92289.222307BDH113@psuvm.psu.edu> BDH113@psuvm.psu.edu writes

>I was just changing my water today, and noticed afterwards that there we
e
>a great many very thin white worms wriggling around on the sides of my
>aquarium. They are about the thickness of a hair, maybe 4cm long, and ar

>all over the place. My tank is freshwater. The fish don't seem to be
>particularly concerned about the worms.
>
>Anyways, I have two small red piranahs in there, so I assume that most
>worm-eating fish might not last too long. Any suggestions on what I have
>or how to fix the problem ( if it is a problem ).
>
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Could be planaria. (flatworms)
Use Maracide.

Uncle Fester

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From: raible@cbmvax.commodore.com (Bob Raible - LSI Design)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Re: Pleco's and food
Date: 9 Oct 92 15:49:47 GMT
Organization: Commodore

In article <92282.231750KAB137@psuvm.psu.edu> KAB137@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>Brian,
>
>Just a "warning:" I chuckled out loud when I read that you just purchased a "la
>rge" plecos, 4-5 inches.  Our Plecos just died a few months ago, when he was 10
> years old...he was at least a foot and a half!  We loved him very much and wer
>e sad when he died.  He was only kept in a 20 gallon tank, so don't think this
>won't happen to you! :)  In response to your problem, Don't bother making a fus
>s with veggies (I don't believe in it anyway, there's always a chance there'll
>be microorganisms that get in the water and you may awaken to find floating fis
>h) but in any case, we fed ours just plain flake food.  Feed your fish a little
> extra food, then tap it with your finger so it doesn't float.  Your other fish
> will go after the food near the top...later on the plecos will clean house, ea
>ting the food as he goes.  Your Plecos will never starve. He is eating food tha
>t you don't even see...there's plenty of bacteria he tastes that is invisible!
>Take it from me, if I supported a 1 1/2 foot plecos on that alone, your tiny on
>e will be fine.  Our plecos, when he was really hungry, would swim upside down,
> then suck on the surface of the water to eat the flake food as we dropped it i
>n.  It was really a sight to see...if yours gets that hungry he'll do the same.
>
>
>Shadow

You couldn't have loved him all that much if you kept him in a 20g tank.
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From: jt@fuw.edu.pl (Jerzy Tarasiuk)
Newsgroups: alt.lang.asm
Subject: Re: Help, Please.....
Date: 8 Oct 92 18:54:37 GMT
Organization: Warsaw University Physics Dept.

>>>>> On Tue, 6 Oct 1992 20:03:18 GMT, gillmore@picard.slc.mentorg.com (Mike Gillmore (Consultant)) said:
Mike> In article <05OCT92.21630772.0089@VM1.MCGILL.CA>, HDKO@MUSICB.MCGILL.CA (HDKO) writes:
...
> How do I use the LENGTH reserved word to calculate the length
> or number of characters in a given string.  Unfortunately the
> beginners book I have doesn't delve into it.
Mike> Assuming that you are using an 80x86 device, the code will take
Mike> one of two approaches.  One is more straightforward (much
Mike> like we would do it on the 8080/8085/Z80), and the (perhaps)
Mike> faster method.  First the older approach:
...
Mike> Stack_Frame	Struc
Mike> 	RtnAddr		Dw	?
Mike> 	OldFrame	Dw	?
Mike> 	StringAddr	Dd	?
Mike> Stack_Frame	Ends

The order of fields is not correct, first should be OldFrame, next
RtnAddr, last StringAddr. But first two are not used, no problem :-).

Mike> _strlen_old	Proc	Near
Mike> 	Push	Bp
Mike> 	Mov	Bp, Sp		; Setup Stack Frame
Mike> 	Xor	Al, Al		; Searching for zero

Why clear AL if it is not used ?

Mike> 	Les	Di, [Bp].StringAddr
Mike> 	Xor	Cx, Cx
Mike> StringLoop:
Mike> 	Mov	Ah, Byte Ptr Es:[Di]
Mike> 	Or	Ah, Ah

Instead these two above, Cmp Byte Ptr Es:[Di],0

Mike> 	Jz	FoundNull
Mike> 	Inc	Cx
Mike> 	Inc	Di
Mike> 	Jmp	Short StringLoop
Mike> FoundNull:
Mike> 	Mov	Ax, Cx		; Return value into AX

Can Xchg Ax,Cx (one-byte code instead two bytes).

Mike> 	Pop	Bp
Mike> 	Ret			; Let CALLER cleanup stack
Mike> _strlen_old	Endp

Mike> _strlen_new	Proc	Near
Mike> 	Push	Bp
Mike> 	Mov	Bp, Sp		; Setup Stack Frame
Mike> 	Les	Di, [Bp].StringAddr	; Address of String
Mike> 	Xor	Al, Al		; Search for NUL terminator
Mike> 	Xor	Dx, Dx		; Counter initialization
Mike> 	Xor	Cx, Cx
Mike> 	Dec	Cx		; We will countdown, so max len is 65535

The DX is not used more, CX can be set by Mov Cx,-1

Mike> 	Rep	ScansB		; Search for the zero

This is a BUG. Should use RepNz ScasB

Mike> 	Neg	Cx

This is a BUG. Value returned is length+2 (assuming previous bug fixed)
I would recommend:
	Jnz	_strlen_new_not_found
	Inc	Cx		; If found 0, gone one byte too far
_strlen_new_not_found:
	Not	Cx		; assume e.q. string is "abc",0
				; will get Cx=-5 after RepNz, Cx=-4
				; after Inc, Cx=3 now - it is correct!

Mike> 	Mov	Ax, Cx		; Return value into AX
Mike> 	Pop	Bp
Mike> 	Ret			; Let CALLER cleanup stack
Mike> _strlen_new	Endp

The new is much faster (by factor like 5, I suppose).
And this all of course if you use C calling sequence and COMPACT memory
model. Both TASM and MASM allow to declare model and language the ASM
program is to be called from and they set procedure entry/exit code
properly. But I don't know if they allow to write procedure getting
pointer arg without use of IF pseudo-instruction:
	Arg	String:DataPtr
	If	@DataSize
	Les	Di,String
	Else
	Mov	Di,Cs
	Mov	Es,Di
	Mov	Di,String
	Endif
Newsgroups: alt.lang.asm
From: jt@fuw.edu.pl (Jerzy Tarasiuk)
Subject: Re: Allocating memory
Organization: Warsaw University Physics Dept.
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 17:43:15 GMT

>>>>> On 6 Oct 92 19:23:57 GMT, dspascha@eos.ncsu.edu (DAVID SCOTT PASCHAL) said:
DAVID> interrupts will cause a problem).  I suppose that swapping COMMAND.COM <might>
DAVID> be safe, because as far as I know it doesn't handle any interrupts other than
DAVID> INT 22h, 23h, and 24h, and you can probably write replacement handlers for
DAVID> these interrupts without much trouble.
Hello,
It is not true: it handles non-documented interrupt which can be used
to pass command to it. And, it doesn't save large amount of memory
if a program is executing because COMMAND.COM leaves in memory only
small part of its code when EXECuiting program.
And, swapping memory to disk requires the interrupt service to keep
control (do not return from interrupt) until can free the memory.
There is no GOOD solution of the problem :-( in this awful DOS.
Newsgroups: alt.lang.asm
From: archulet@spot.Colorado.EDU (ARCHULETA JIM)
Subject: QUESTION!: Detection of 80x37 math coprocessor on motherboard.
Keywords: ASM, math coprocessor
  I am writing a program primarily in C, yet to accomplish this task
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 21:01:34 GMT

Jim Archuleta
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From: jfoy@glia.biostr.washington.edu (Jeff Foy)
Subject: IEEE to MSBIN - semi-found
Keywords: IEEE MSBIN Source
Organization: University of Washington
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 12:34:33 GMT

Here's something I was shocked to find in my own archives...


unsigned long IEEE2MSBin ( unsigned long LongNum )
{
	_asm {
		mov	ax,LongNum	; get LSW
		mov	dx,LongNum+2	; get MSW
		mov	cl,dh		; save a copy of the sign bit
ShiftBit:	shl	ax,1		; shift the next 0 bit out
		rcl	dx,1
		dec	cl		; and update the exponent value
		cmp	cl,81h		; have we reached the minimum
                                        ;  exponent value?
		je	ShiftDone
		test	dh,80h		; have we shifted out all
					;  leading 0 bits?
		jz	ShiftBit

ShiftDone:	mov	al,ah		; put bytes in proper orientation
		mov	ah,dl		;  (exponent in MSB)
		mov	dl,dh
		mov	dh,cl
		and	dl,7fh		; restore the sign bit
		and	ch,80h
		or	dl,ch
	}
}

Ok, that works fine from C. Now two questions:

1). How can I rework the code to go the other way? (i.e. MsBin to IEEE)
2). Could someone explain the above routine? It's a wee bit confusing...

Thanks for any replies, comments, or CODE!! :-)

Jeff


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From: poe@wharton.upenn.edu
Newsgroups: alt.lang.asm
Subject: A true rookie asks for help!
Date: 13 Oct 92 23:08:17 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

Hello Assemblers.

I'm on a PC platform and am getting back into C programming.
Most of the compilers out there allow for in-line assembler code.
I took 1 course a lifetime ago that taught intro assember on
a mainframe. Needless to say, I'm totally clueless to say the least.
Can anyone suggest some reading material or an info source to 
get me on my feet in Assembler?

Thanks for the info
Phil
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From: HDKB@MUSICB.MCGILL.CA (HDKB000)
Newsgroups: alt.lang.asm
Subject: THANKS!! from HELP PLEASE!!!
Date: 8 Oct 92 09:40:29 GMT
Organization: McGill University


Hi Everyone,

Let me just thank each and every one of you for all the feedback
I'm reading.  Very interesting and educational.  I'm starting to
find assembler fascinating.  My problem is trying to unlearn
in a sense what I have learned in using higher level languages
such as C and Turbo-Pascal,  where you can find a reserved word
that does just about anything for you.  In assembler you're the
one that has to tell the machine how to do it!!!  Thats a
challenge I think I'm gonna like!!!

Again, Thanks.

Indy (Luis Escaleira)
Newsgroups: alt.lang.asm
From: jt@fuw.edu.pl (Jerzy Tarasiuk)
Subject: Re: Help, Please.....
Organization: Warsaw University Physics Dept.
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 17:55:58 GMT

>>>>> On Tue, 6 Oct 1992 23:15:33 GMT, jfoy@glia.biostr.washington.edu (Jeff Foy) said:
Jeff> In <05OCT92.21630772.0089@VM1.MCGILL.CA> HDKO <HDKO@MUSICB.MCGILL.CA> writes:
(deleted)
>P.S.:  If there is a better way than using LENGTH, that's fine too.
Jeff> What assembler has that statement? Looking in my Intel literature
Jeff> doesn't find it and neither does looking in the Zilog literature.
Jeff> Also might help to know what processor you're working with ... :)
MicroSoft's MASM and Borland's TASM have such an operator.
Do not confude it with directive or processor opcode.