Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site sdcrdcf.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sdcrdcf!jonab From: jonab@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Jonathan Biggar) Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: PDP-8 xregs Message-ID: <862@sdcrdcf.UUCP> Date: Thu, 23-Feb-84 12:06:09 EST Article-I.D.: sdcrdcf.862 Posted: Thu Feb 23 12:06:09 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 2-Mar-84 07:59:23 EST References: <560@druxp.UUCP> Reply-To: jonab@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Jonathan Biggar) Organization: System Development Corporation, Santa Monica Lines: 18 In article <560@druxp.UUCP> ddc@druxp.UUCP (CusterDD) writes: >==== >< >< ... on the lowly PDP-8 (with NO index registers) ... >< > >I'm astonished! What about the 16 (8 auto incr., 8 auto decr.) >"index registers" in page0? :-) > >DEC referred to them as "index registers," (hee! hee!! HAW!!). There are only 8 auto-increment "registers" on a PDP-8, (locations 10-17 in page 0), and no auto-decrement "registers". I should know, I used one for 6 years. Jon Biggar {allegra,burdvax,cbosgd,hplabs,ihnp4,sdccsu3,trw-unix}!sdcrdcf!jonab