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An (i) for an i—29C’s usage
08-23-2019, 06:15 PM
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An (i) for an i—29C’s usage
Hi all

As the 67 uses I for the storage directly into the I register and (i) was the indirection usage, why was the 19/29C’s i operator used for indirection operations (GTO i GSB i), etc.) and not (i) like the 67/97?

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08-24-2019, 12:00 AM
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RE: An (i) for an i—29C’s usage
On the 19C/29C, the I register is register 0. I assume that the HP designers felt that the distinction between 0 and i was clear enough without using parentheses as a hint that indirect addressing is happening.
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08-24-2019, 12:36 AM
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RE: An (i) for an i—29C’s usage
(08-24-2019 12:00 AM)Thomas Okken Wrote:  On the 19C/29C, the I register is register 0. I assume that the HP designers felt that the distinction between 0 and i was clear enough without using parentheses as a hint that indirect addressing is happening.

I hadn’t thought of that. That train of thinking helps me put things in perspective.

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08-24-2019, 01:46 AM
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RE: An (i) for an i—29C’s usage
Hello,
As an old user of the 29c (since 83), I never have had problems to use those two sides of the Indirect Register; the reciprocal is not true: when I many years later acquired a 67, the use of I or (i) were - and nowadays is - problematic.
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08-24-2019, 05:10 AM
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RE: An (i) for an i—29C’s usage
Archilog, ‘Problematic’? Please explain.

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