On 8/23/2011 2:14 PM, Bernd Oppolzer wrote:
I believe that the PoOP should or could stay like it is, because
the normal
use is not as a tutorial for learning ASSEMBLER or machine
architecture,
but to make clear some difficulties or peculiarities of seldom used
instructions,
at least in my case.

The printed manual is getting to be unwieldy. I could see having
it split into two, or possibly three, volumes: the basic
hardware design and features, the privileged instructions, and
the unprivileged (and semi-privileged) one, with Appendix A
split (and expanded) accordingly. The digital version is just
fine, except for the skimpy Appendix A.

The major nit I have to pick is with the operand description.
After more than forty years of use, I still manage to mistake R1
for GPR1, etc., and have to make a conscious effort to read it
correctly.

Gerhard Postpischil
Bradford, VT

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