Andy Holt wrote:
> The fun then comes with something like the ICT/ICL 1900 series* where the
> 24-bit word and the 7-bit opcode were "always" expressed in octal but the
> instruction
> F X N(M) was physically laid out as
> X(3 bits)F(7 bits)M(2 bits)N(12 bits) [branches being slightly different]
> which did not appear naturally in the octal expression.
>
> * originally the FP6000 originating in Canada
>
Know of any information on the web?
Received on Sun Aug 18 2002 - 16:37:00 BST
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