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From: zs01+@andrew.cmu.edu (Zalman Stern)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: RS/6000 Instruction Set Reference
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Date: 30 May 90 09:28:02 GMT
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> Excerpts from netnews.comp.arch: 24-May-90 RS/6000 Instruction Set Ref..
> Mark Campbell@sauron.Col (431)

> Does anyone know of any literature describing in detail the
RS/6000 instruction set? [...]

I believe the official IBM document is:

ORDERNO    SC23-2197                  SUFFIX: 00
TITLE      ASSEMBLER LANGUAGE REFERENCE FOR AIX VERSION 3 FOR RISC
SYSTEM/6000
DESCRIBE   Manual, 8 1/2 x 11 inches, 500 pages, 04/90
PRICE      SELL PRICE:       $18.25

The only paper version of this I have seen thus far is IBM confidential.
(That doesn't mean a public version doesn't exist, it just means I
haven't seen one.) If you have a RIOS running 9013 or above with
softcopy publications (InfoExplorer), this manual in included in the
online documentation. (Every vendor should include a full instruction
set reference in the online docs!)

The manual mentioned above is probably good enough for compiler work.
For OS style stuff, you will want more. The only other documentation I
know of is an (370 principles of operation style) architecture manual
which will probably show up as part of the hardware tech ref.

Sincerely,
Zalman Stern | Internet: zs01+@andrew.cmu.edu | Usenet: I'm soooo
confused...
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