Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 SMI; site sun.uucp Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!decwrl!sun!gnu From: gnu@sun.uucp (John Gilmore) Newsgroups: net.micro.68k,net.micro.16k Subject: Re: PDP11s vs the micros Message-ID: <2422@sun.uucp> Date: Tue, 16-Jul-85 05:08:15 EDT Article-I.D.: sun.2422 Posted: Tue Jul 16 05:08:15 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Jul-85 05:59:12 EDT References: <1617@hao.UUCP> <847@mako.UUCP> Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Lines: 13 Xref: watmath net.micro.68k:1012 net.micro.16k:350 Speaking of double-indirect, tektronix!tekecs!jans said: > My only wish is that Nati had given all the > general purpose registers this facility, so I wouldn't have to shuffle the > SP or FP around so much! Hmm. You mean the totally orthagonal wonderful National architecture has a few warts after all? Lemme see, I seem to remember something about bit fields can't lay across more than four bytes...e.g. you can only put a 32-bit bitfield on a byte boundary. Don't tell their marketing folks...