"Allowing 32-bit registers to address 32-bit virtual addresses is not a limitation/constraint. It is the ultimate you can get from a 32-bit register."
It is if it breaks all existing code in the process. You can't take away what you call the "crap byte" in BALR and expect existing code to continue to run. Joe On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 8:18 AM, Paul Edwards <mutazi...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, 10 May 2018 08:09:32 -0500, Joe Monk <joemon...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >For instance, if you look at his PDOS, the command processor is named > >command.com. He wants the mainframe to behave like a big PC-DOS box, and > so > >he is trying to impose the same limitations/constraints, etc. > > Allowing 32-bit registers to address 32-bit virtual > addresses is not a limitation/constraint. It is the > ultimate you can get from a 32-bit register. > > BFN. Paul. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
