Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!ukc!reading!minster!martin
From: martin@minster.york.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: RISC v. CISC --(really Cyber 170)
Message-ID: <596115015.20711@minster.york.ac.uk>
Date: 21 Nov 88 11:30:16 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of York, England
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I wrote:
> In article <1622@scolex> seanf@sco.COM (Sean Fagan) writes:
> >In article <998@l.cc.purdue.edu> cik@l.cc.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) writes:
> >>...
> >where n=[1,5].  To store a value from X<n>, you load the address into A<n>,
> 	 ^^^^^
> actually it was n=[3,4,5] A1 and A2 were also general purpose.

I'm sorry - I wrote this before checking the manual (always a bad move!).
The original poster was correct, A1 and A2 also load the X regsiters.

Many apologies to all concerned, and thanks to those who were kind enough
to point out my mistake by mail.

Martin