> > > IMO T11 should be a subclass of PDP11, be better if a PDP11 core is created and > > once > > > that's matured enough, add(merge) T11 to it. > > > > > > http://www.village.org/pdp11/faq.html > > > huge timegap between the two > > > PDP-11: 1970 > > > T-11: early 80s > > > > > > > So the PDP-11 is an earlier version of the T-11 but has 14 MORE OPcodes? You'd > think > > it would be the other way around or does the T-11 have a bunch of other codes that > > the PDC-11 doesn't? > > I believe this is entirely correct, and I'm not particularly surprised by it. While > the T-11 may have been much later, it was also considerably cheaper than a > minicomputer.
Ah I see - reading this thread with the assumption that the older chip's opcodes were a subset of the newer and not the other way around was confusing me no end!
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