[rescue] Sun 711

[Dave McGuire]

On May 2, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> Yes, it does.  But, it does hold up to simple loads.  Further, two of them
> together hold up to fairly heavy loads. 

  Maybe, but so do better processors.  And they're not painful to
use. :)

> But darn it, I still can't get over the only 4 general registers thing.  What
> a mean, spitefull thing to do.

  Argh, yes. :-(

  The last x86 processor I had to do assembly work on was the '286.  I
don't miss it.

     -Dave

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Dave McGuire                                 "Mmmm.  Big."
St. Petersburg, FL                                -Den