Paul Koning wrote:
  1. Show a one-word PDP-11 program that writes all of
memory, in reverse order. 
MOV -(PC),-(PC)
I remember this one from late-Soviet/early-Russian BK0010 hacker clubs...
BK0010 was a "home computer" built around 1801VM1 microprocessor, a
Soviet implementation of basic PDP-11 instruction set.  No idea exactly
which DEC model it corresponds to, if any.
  2. Show a one-word PDP-11 program that clears all of
memory,
 in forward order, halting on completion. 
This one I am struggling with - it's been too many decades since I did
any PDP-11 assembly...
M~