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File Number 1401-28 Form C24-1464-2 Systems Reference Library FARGO for IBM 1401 FARGO (Fourteen-a-One Automatic Report Generating Operation) is a report generator that requires no expert knowledge of programming techniques. This manual explains the writing of report specifications and the preparation of FARGO control cards to produce the desired results. Reports can be prepared on blank paper or preprinted report forms. The method requires a minimum of 4,000 positions of core storage and is applicable to card input files only. For a list of associated publications and abstracts, see the IBM 1401 and 1460 Bibliography, .A24-1495. MINOR REVISION (JANUARY 1963) This publication is a reprint of Form C24-l464-0 incorporating changes released in Technical Newsletter N24-0039. Although the fonnat has been changed to conform to the Systems Reference Library, the original publica- tion and applicable newsletter are not obsoleted. Principal changes in this edition are: Page 6-General Description Paragraph regarding type of card codes. Page l6-Program Halts Paragraph regarding program halt with storage address 3547 displayed. Page 19-Converting No-Op Instruction Change originally covered by Technical Newsletter N24- 0039. Page 19-Coding the Patch Subroutines Change originally covered by Technical Newsletter N24- 0039. Page 48-Figure 24. Example of FARGO patching and linkage using SPS. Originally covered by Technical Newsletter N24-0039. Page 49-Figure 25. Method of identifying types of cards when a digit is punched in one column and an X in another.