On 11 Aug 2006 at 11:02, Holger Veit wrote:
There is an opcode list in the appendix of the
MACRO-1000 assembler
manual.
I hadn't thought to look there. Thanks!
Appendix C, "HP 1000 Computer Instruction Set," lists the double integer
instructions for the E-Series as in the range 105320-105337, which are the
opcodes for the SIS firmware on the F-Series. Seems reasonable.
However, the first page of that appendix states, "Special or custom
firmware (for example, double integer and third-party firmware) is not
included in table C-1." So I'm unsure of the origin of those opcodes.
The reference to the "specials" product 93585A came in a "Real-Time
Interface" (an Interex publication) article from January 1994, written by
Esther Heller and Don Pottenger of HP DSD. The date of the MACRO/1000
manual is December 1992. So I guess that the manual is giving the opcodes
of the 93585A microcode, even though it states that it isn't.
If anyone has any corroborating evidence, perhaps from an old HP buying
guide, I'd feel more confident.
-- Dave