[Info-vax] OT: PDP-11 history in arstechnica

Bob Gezelter gezelter at rlgsc.com
Mon Mar 14 20:17:09 EDT 2022


On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 7:47:34 PM UTC-4, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/03/a-brief-tour-of-the-pdp-11-the-most-influential-minicomputer-of-all-time/
Arne,

Not sure where the author of the arstechnica piece saw "$" for immediate mode, e.g., mov $10,r0. MACRO-11 as I new it, always used a "#", e.g., MOV #SS.XYZ,R0.

Spent lots of time writing and generating assembler for RSX-11 systems and relatives, e.g., P/OS. Did many interesting things.

- Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com



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