Yep, 16 bits, or even 32 seemed like a lot, If you're writing asm, It is. But like you alluded to, it's not good enough for the stuff we expect today,
On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 9:26 AM ben via cctalk <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2025-09-10 8:46 a.m., Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: > > On 9/10/25 08:32, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > >>> On Sep 9, 2025, at 8:52 PM, Martin Eberhard via cctalk > >>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> I just love the PDP11's assembly language. > > > > Yes, the PDP-11 machine language was INCREDIBLY brilliant, and did the > > very best with what you could do in 16 bits! > > But even then you could see the hand writing on the wall for 16 bits. > > > Jon > > > Still waiting for the PDP K. > Ben. > > > > >
