Re: 'Stuck' on one address?

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From: exs... P E Smee
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1990 11:28

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In article <9...@front.se> p...@front.se (Per Lindberg) writes:
>In article <1990Jan2.1...@gdt.bath.ac.uk> exs...@gdr.bath.ac.uk
>           (P E Smee) writes:
>>The 'program that stumbled' chain reminds me of the PDP-9...
>>The PDP-9 allowed multiple-level address indirection...
>>This could be done with no designed in limit...
>>Problem was, the PDP-9 was uninterruptible, even by the STOP switch,
>>while it was performing address resolution.
>
>Wasn't this also a problem with the first PDP-10 processors? 

Well, I may be one of the few people in the world who's never
(knowingly) used a PDP-10 or DecSystem 10, so couldn't say.  Wouldn't
surprise me, though.  I will guarantee you, from personal (though
accidental) experience, that it was true on the PDP-9's.
-- 
Paul Smee, Univ of Bristol Comp Centre, Bristol BS8 1TW, Tel +44 272 303132
 Sm...@bristol.ac.uk  :-)  (..!uunet!ukc!gdr.bath.ac.uk!exspes if you MUST)

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From: exs...@gdr.bath.ac.uk (P E Smee)
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Subject: Re: 'Stuck' on one address?
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Date: 4 Jan 90 11:28:19 GMT
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