Re: PDP 11/40 system manual

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From: Bob Eager
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2018 20:21

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On Sat, 11 Aug 2018 10:25:14 -0400, Dan Espen wrote:

> 1401 was my first also.  One could do quite a bit in a small amount of
> storage.  The A and B registers would tell you about the data the
> previous instruction processed.  (Usually where the word mark was.)
> Word marks were like the trailing null with C strings without the
> bother.

I was given this by an ex-student this week (not sure if I posted this 
link already, so apologies for any duplication):

 http://amzn.eu/iaBtlkb 

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