On 31 August 2010 11:23, John P. Baker <[email protected]> wrote:

> The original IBM 360 had 142 (documented) instructions, of which 11 were 
> privileged.
>
> All of the original non-privileged instructions remain available.
>
> Of the privileged instructions, 5 remain available.  The 6 that have been
> dropped consist of 4 comprising the S/360 I/O feature and of 2 comprising
> the S/360 Direct Control feature.

I think a few more than 6 of the old privops have gone. SSK/ISK and
RRB come to mind, and there are more than 4 I/O instructions that have
disappeared, even if you count pairs like HIO/HDV and SIO/SIOF as just
one each.

Tony H.

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