[Info-vax] Chinese Alpha?

[Bob Koehler]

In article <jnuol3$1db$1 at speranza.aioe.org>, glen herrmannsfeldt <gah at ugcs.caltech.edu> writes:
> 
> Using only 32 and 64 bit load/store made it pretty different
> from the previous processors. 

   Which is why I mentioned PDP-10.  Almost had only 18 bit and 36 bit 
   load/store, but also had bit field load/store (PDP-10 called them
   user defined "bytes").

   When Alpha architecture was first revealed at a national symposium,
   and we found out it was 32 and 64 bit load/store some folks got up
   and thanked DEC for remembering PDP-10 design principles.