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John Bruner
jdb at mordor.s1.gov
Thu Jan 8 07:08:37 AEST 1987
> Then there's the apocryphal story about the PDP-11's sign extend
> instruction. The mnemonic op code was, of course, SEX. That one got
> changed to SXT before the manuals were printed.
The Motorola 6809 sign-extend instruction is SEX.
The PDP-11 may be SEXless, but it does have an SOB (Subtract One and
Branch). [Most 11's do. Old 11's without EIS don't.]
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