Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!cmcl2!yale!husc6!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!linus!alliant!spain From: spain@alliant.UUCP (Dave Spain) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: what's a word Message-ID: <371@alliant.UUCP> Date: Mon, 22-Dec-86 09:01:53 EST Article-I.D.: alliant.371 Posted: Mon Dec 22 09:01:53 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 23-Dec-86 21:43:29 EST References: <112@bnr-vpa.UUCP> <9200002@rmi.UUCP> <193@drilex.UUCP> <7426@utzoo.UUCP> Reply-To: spain@alliant.UUCP (Dave Spain) Organization: Alliant Computer Systems, Littleton, MA Lines: 11 In article <7426@utzoo.UUCP> henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) writes: >Remember when a 780's official designation was a "VAX-11/780"? I'm not sure this ever changed. There (believe it or not) is a good deal of logic behind this designation and I don't just mean in the philosophical sense. All VAX processors that I was familar with that used the "-11/" nmemonic offered some form of hardware assisted compatibility-mode, typically at the instruction set level. It wasn't until after a descision was made to offer PDP-11 compatibility as a software option was the "-11/" convention dropped.