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Subject:	Re: APL on the HP3000 was Odd request
From:	Dennis Handly <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Dennis Handly <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Fri, 5 Jul 2002 14:34:40 -0500
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 Lee Courtney ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: The system relied on a special microcode assist.

Yes.  This allowed 32 bit addressing on the 16 bit machine.

Later the guy that implemented the series 64? COBOL microcode was thinking
about implementing the APL firmware, I'm not sure he finished it or not?

(I don't think they put this in CM mode on MPE/iX.  :-)

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