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Re: DECSYSTEM 20

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From: David Muir Sharnoff
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1989 05:54
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In article <3893@phri.UUCP> roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) writes:
>	I always wanted to try (I don't know why I never did) using
>auto-decrement mode on r7 (i.e. the pc).  I wonder what would happen?  A
>tight 1-instruction infinite loop?  Akin, but not as bad as, the famous GD
>Nova and DEC-10 infinite-indirection loops, I guess.

How about ...

	mov	-(pc), -(pc)

(assuming I remember the assembler syntax...)

I've always thought that the PDP11 is the right machine to play COREWARS on.

-Dave
David Muir Sharnoff.			"RISC is about one year ahead"
muir@postgres.berkeley.edu		(415) 524-2931
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