10 Sep
2025
10 Sep
'25
12:10 p.m.
On 9/10/25 11:02, ben via cctalk wrote:
On 2025-09-10 8:46 a.m., Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
Oh, absolutely, the PDP-11 was the best 16-bit instruction
set I've ever seen, and I've seen quite a few. But, there
were substantial limitations. Then, I moved up to the VAX,
which was a real experience! Over the top instruction set,
but it kept all the greatness of the PDP-11, and solved the
address space issue.
Jon
On 9/10/25 08:32, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
But even then you could see the hand writing on the wall
for 16 bits. > On Sep 9, 2025, at 8:52 PM, Martin Eberhard
via cctalk
> <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
> I just love the PDP11's assembly language.
Yes, the PDP-11 machine language was INCREDIBLY
brilliant, and did the very best with what you could do
in 16 bits!