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That instruction set looks really weird, like some sort of obscure and long-forgotten 1960s experimental architecture. If I understand it correctly, the entire
by boricj 2y ago
That instruction set looks really weird, like some sort of obscure and long-forgotten 1960s experimental architecture.
If I understand it correctly, the entire register file except for PC is effectively memory-mapped, it uses 16-bit word addressing and the peripherals (framebuffer + mouse) are accessed through dedicated instructions. Instructions are four words long, the first one only having 16 valid opcodes and the rest referencing either direct memory addresses or raw word values.
- adonovan 2y ago> forgotten 1960s architecture… the entire register file is memory-mapped 1830s, in fact—the original computer, Babbage’s Analytical Engine!