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From: mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: 1620 Opcode Selection
Message-ID: <34734@cup.portal.com>
Date: 11 Oct 90 00:06:02 GMT
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As I recall, the 1620's add and multiply opcodes corresponded to the
character codes for "a" and "m".  Maybe some old geezer could confirm
that :-)