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Re: New Vax - future directions :-)



On 2021-07-03 13:24, Toby Thain wrote:
> On 2021-07-03 11:09 a.m., Dave McGuire wrote:
>> On 7/3/21 10:01 AM, Rhialto wrote:
>>>> The JMP/JSR/RET/... might need a Q counterpart, since it suddenly
>>>> store/require 8 bytes instead of 4.
>>> I now know the perfect name for this architecture: VAQX!
>>   It could still be pronounced roughly the same.. ;)
> Isn't that an anti-goal?
> I suggest: QUAX


That's easy : REX

"Ragge's Extension to the Virtual Address Extension of the programmable
data processor"



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