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Re: Eudora Source Code Released

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From: Charles Richmond
Date: Sun, 27 May 2018 02:15
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On 5/26/2018 7:41 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
> On Fri, 25 May 2018 15:46:15 -0000 (UTC), pechter@ascii.(none)
> (William Pechter) wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> 
>> I'm still surprised the VAX 11/780 had the Failed Unibus Address
>> Register when the PDP11 couldn't have a SEX instruction (replaced with
>> Sign ExTend (SXT)  -- the PDP11/34 still had the SEX Multiplexer on the
>> board.
> 
>       Maybe, the B was missed.
> 
>       These days, someone might have tried for a SEXT instruction or
> pronouncing "SXT" that way.
> 

Extended PDP-11 instruction sets included an SOB (subtract one and 
branch) instruction.  The Motorola MC6809 had a SEX (sign extend) 
instruction and the RCA 1802 had a SEX (set index register) instruction.

And don't forget the Power PC chip (PPC) instruction EIEIO (enforced 
in-order execution of I/O.


-- 
numerist at aquaporin4 dot com
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Subject: Re: Eudora Source Code Released
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