Re:A brief tour of the PDP-11, the most influential minicomp...
by Taniwha on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @08:54AM
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Yup, as mentioned above the famous:
x: mov -(pc), -(pc)
reads an instruction from x, increments the PC to x+2, then decrements the PC back to x and reads the same instruction, then decrements it again to x-2 and writes it, then it executes from x-2 ......
x: mov -(pc), -(pc)
reads an instruction from x, increments the PC to x+2, then decrements the PC back to x and reads the same instruction, then decrements it again to x-2 and writes it, then it executes from x-2 ......