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Re:Raw Linux Threads via System Calls by hfern on Sunday June 07, 2015 @01:24PM (#9675503)
Yes you're right. Originally there was no B register in generations prior to x86.
Re:Raw Linux Threads via System Calls by masklinn on Sunday June 07, 2015 @01:45PM (#9675592)
According to wikipedia, the 8080 already had a B register (its registers were A, B, C, D, E, H and L, the (BC), (DE) and (HL) pairs could be used as 16 bits registers)