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

Arne Vajhøj arne at vajhoej.dk
Mon Mar 14 20:21:26 EDT 2022


On 3/14/2022 8:17 PM, Bob Gezelter wrote:
> 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/
> 
> 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.

I have never used a PDP-11 so I have no idea (I am used to # in
Macro-32).

So I cannot evaluate the quality of that article.

I just considered it slightly relevant as I know there are people her
that actually have used a PDP-11.

Arne






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