RE: POLYx addressing-mode questions

[Mark Pizzolato - Info Comm <Mark%infocomm.com@localhost>]

On Friday, August 7, 2020 at 1:46 PM, John Klos wrote:
> >> (page 3-137), but it seems plausible to me that the tbladdr operands
> >> should actually be .af, .ad, .ag, and .ah.  Could someone who knows -
> >> or who can test with real hardware - clarify whether this is a mistake
> >> in the VARM or whether they really are .ab?
> >
> > I don't have hardware, but here is one data point: SIMH, in code written
> > by Bob Supnik who knows what he's doing, makes it clear that the tbladdr
> > is indeed an ab argument.
> 
> This, plus if you run VMS on SIMH emulating a model that doesn't have POLY
> instructions, won't VMS emulate them properly, and therefore a test can
> tell you?
> 
> Which models of VAX have POLY instructions?

Good point.

You don't even have to mess with different models.  The vax780 simulator can 
turn on and/off different instruction groups.

VAX 11/780 simulator V4.0-0 Current        git commit id: 4810b950
sim> sh cpu
CPU     idle disabled, model=VAX 11/780, Implementing: All standard VAX instructions and Compatibility mode
        8MB, HALT to SIMH
sim> help cpu set

CPU device SET commands:

set CPU SIMHALT                 Set HALT to trap to simulator
[...]
set CPU INSTRUCTIONS={{NO}G-FLOAT|{NO}D-FLOAT|{NO}PACKED|{NO}EXTENDED|{NO}EMULATED}
                                Set the CPU Instruction Set
[...]
sim> set cpu instruction=noemulated
sim> show cpu -v instructions
Implementing: Base Instruction Group
        ACBB    ACBL    ACBW    ADAWI   ADDB2   ADDB3   ADDD2   ADDD3
        ADDF2   ADDF3   ADDG2   ADDG3   ADDL2   ADDL3   ADDW2   ADDW3
        ADWC    AOBLEQ  AOBLSS  ASHL    ASHQ    BBC     BBCC    BBCCI
        BBCS    BBS     BBSC    BBSS    BBSSI   BEQL    BGEQ    BGEQU
        BGTR    BGTRU   BICB2   BICB3   BICL2   BICL3   BICPSW  BICW2
        BICW3   BISB2   BISB3   BISL2   BISL3   BISPSW  BISW2   BISW3
        BITB    BITL    BITW    BLBC    BLBS    BLEQ    BLEQU   BLSS
        BLSSU   BNEQ    BPT     BRB     BRW     BSBB    BSBW    BVC
        BVS     CALLG   CALLS   CASEB   CASEL   CASEW   CHME    CHMK
        CHMS    CHMU    CLRB    CLRL    CLRQ    CLRW    CMPB    CMPC3
        CMPC5   CMPD    CMPF    CMPG    CMPL    CMPV    CMPW    CMPZV
        CVTBD   CVTBF   CVTBG   CVTBL   CVTBW   CVTDB   CVTDF   CVTDL
        CVTDW   CVTFB   CVTFD   CVTFG   CVTFL   CVTFW   CVTGB   CVTGF
        CVTGL   CVTGW   CVTLB   CVTLD   CVTLF   CVTLG   CVTLW   CVTRDL
        CVTRFL  CVTRGL  CVTWB   CVTWD   CVTWF   CVTWG   CVTWL   DECB
        DECL    DECW    DIVB2   DIVB3   DIVD2   DIVD3   DIVF2   DIVF3
        DIVG2   DIVG3   DIVL2   DIVL3   DIVW2   DIVW3   EDIV    EMUL
        EXTV    EXTZV   FFC     FFS     HALT    INCB    INCL    INCW
        INDEX   INSQHI  INSQTI  INSQUE  INSV    JMP     JSB     LDPCTX
        LOCC    MCOMB   MCOML   MCOMW   MFPR    MNEGB   MNEGD   MNEGF
        MNEGG   MNEGL   MNEGW   MOVAB   MOVAL   MOVAQ   MOVAW   MOVB
        MOVC3   MOVC5   MOVD    MOVF    MOVG    MOVL    MOVPSL  MOVQ
        MOVW    MOVZBL  MOVZBW  MOVZWL  MTPR    MULB2   MULB3   MULD2
        MULD3   MULF2   MULF3   MULG2   MULG3   MULL2   MULL3   MULW2
        MULW3   NOP     POPR    PROBER  PROBEW  PUSHAB  PUSHAL  PUSHAQ
        PUSHAW  PUSHL   PUSHR   REI     REMQHI  REMQTI  REMQUE  RET
        ROTL    RSB     SBWC    SCANC   SKPC    SOBGEQ  SOBGTR  SPANC
        SUBB2   SUBB3   SUBD2   SUBD3   SUBF2   SUBF3   SUBG2   SUBG3
        SUBL2   SUBL3   SUBW2   SUBW3   SVPCTX  TSTB    TSTD    TSTF
        TSTG    TSTL    TSTW    XFC     XORB2   XORB3   XORL2   XORL3
        XORW2   XORW3
 Packed-Decimal-String-Group
        ADDP4   ADDP6   ASHP    CMPP3   CMPP4   CVTLP   CVTPL   CVTPS
        CVTPT   CVTSP   CVTTP   DIVP    MOVP    MULP    SUBP4   SUBP6
 Extended-Accuracy-Group
        ADDH2   ADDH3   CLRO    CMPH    CVTBH   CVTDH   CVTFH   CVTGH
        CVTHB   CVTHD   CVTHF   CVTHG   CVTHL   CVTHW   CVTLH   CVTRHL
        CVTWH   DIVH2   DIVH3   MNEGH   MOVAO   MOVH    MOVO    MULH2
        MULH3   PUSHAO  SUBH2   SUBH3   TSTH

Emulating: Emulated-Only-Group
        ACBD    ACBF    ACBG    ACBH    CRC     EDITPC  EMODD   EMODF
        EMODG   EMODH   MATCHC  MOVTC   MOVTUC  POLYD   POLYF   POLYG
        POLYH

sim>
 
- Mark