11 Sep
2015
11 Sep
'15
7:36 a.m.
From: Jon Elson elson
I actually LIKED the PDP-11 architecture quite a LOT,
but the limited
memory was a big killer.
The good thing about the PDP-11 was the 16-bit word size. (It resulted in
what's probably the most elegant architecture, in bang/buck terms, of all
time.) The bad thing about the PDP-11 was the 16-bit word size. (For the
reason you point out.)
Noel