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Re: New Vax - future directions :-)



> On Jul 4, 2021, at 4:33 AM, emu <e2kcpu%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
> 
> On 2021-07-03 13:24, Toby Thain wrote:
>> On 2021-07-03 11:09 a.m., Dave McGuire wrote:
>>> On 7/3/21 10:01 AM, Rhialto wrote:
>>>>> The JMP/JSR/RET/... might need a Q counterpart, since it suddenly
>>>>> store/require 8 bytes instead of 4.
>>>> I now know the perfect name for this architecture: VAQX!
>>>  It could still be pronounced roughly the same.. ;)
>> Isn't that an anti-goal?
>> I suggest: QUAX
> 
> 
> That's easy : REX
> 
> "Ragge's Extension to the Virtual Address Extension of the programmable
> data processor"

XVAX (eXtended VAX) ?

-- thorpej



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