Re: DECSYSTEM 20

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From: Joe Keane
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 1989 15:23

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The 11 has its registers in _physical_ memory.  This is too bad, since user
programs can't take advantage of it unless they have access to a lot of other
things.  But you can do a lot in 7 words.  I bet you could set up the memory
mapping so that the address of the PC is a useful instruction.  I've heard of a
lot of tricks, but never executing the PC...

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Subject: Re: DECSYSTEM 20
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