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Article #623560Re: Eudora Source Code Released
From: Joe Pfeiffer
Date: Mon, 28 May 2018 02:57
Date: Mon, 28 May 2018 02:57
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Gene Wirchenko <ge...@telus.net> writes: > On Sat, 26 May 2018 21:15:30 -0500, Charles Richmond > <nume...@aquaporin4.com> wrote: > >>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. > > SOB got mentioned in the Colossal Cave adventure. > >>And don't forget the Power PC chip (PPC) instruction EIEIO (enforced >>in-order execution of I/O. > > I knew about all of these. I wonder if there are any others. Harris /6 had a Set E to X (SEX) instruction. Since I first encountered the instruction when I was 21 years old, I was really amused by it.
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