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Subject: Re: Inconsistent bit addressing in the 68020: big- AND little-endian
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Date: Mon, 27-Aug-84 09:22:26 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 27 09:22:26 1984
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	If you are looking for a consistant architecture, you
should take a look at the VAX architecture. It has the closest
to 100% orthogonal instruction set that I have ever seen. As far
as bit addressing is concerned, it is entirely little endian.
The least significant bit in any size value is ALWAYS bit number
0. And this is with all the bit field instructions of the machine
included. The best reference for this is the VAX Architecture Handbook.

					Randy Buckland
					Research Triangle Institute
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