Re: DECSYSTEM 20

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From: Bill Pechter
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 1989 23:27

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In article <cYpQ1UW00VoBE9OFsn@andrew.cmu.edu> jk3k+@andrew.cmu.edu (Joe Keane) writes:
>The 11 has its registers in _physical_ memory.  

I beg to differ -- the addresses are mapped to memory space but they're onboard
the cpu.  (Otherwise how would the 11/44 and 11/70 with multiple register sets
work if they were directly on the memory boards?)

Bill
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From: pechter@scr1.UUCP (Bill Pechter)
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Subject: Re: DECSYSTEM 20
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Date: 2 Aug 89 23:27:10 GMT
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