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Author Re: Shifting memory to the right
robin

2005-10-25, 6:55 pm

>David P. de Jongh wrote in message < 003301c5cd9e$ec189cd0$0100a8c0@davidante
cp4>...
>MVCIN (a) is no longer supported and (b) moved data in reverse order, so
>C'ABCDE' would be moved as C'EDCBA'. Very useful if you put a card in the
>reader backwards, I'm sure, but I for one could never think of a real use
>for it.


For languages whose text is read from right to left.

>D de J



John W. Kennedy

2005-10-26, 3:57 am

robin wrote:
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> For languages whose text is read from right to left.
>


What's this about "no longer supported"? It's still in the brand-new
(last month) z/Architecture Principles of Operation.

--
John W. Kennedy
"Compact is becoming contract,
Man only earns and pays."
-- Charles Williams. "Bors to Elayne: On the King's Coins"
glen herrmannsfeldt

2005-10-28, 3:55 am

John W. Kennedy wrote:

> robin wrote:


(snip regarding MVCIN)

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> What's this about "no longer supported"? It's still in the brand-new
> (last month) z/Architecture Principles of Operation.


As I learned recently, it was optional in later versions of S/370,
but seems to be standard by now.

-- glen

John W. Kennedy

2005-10-29, 9:55 pm

glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:
> John W. Kennedy wrote:
>
>
>
> (snip regarding MVCIN)
>
>
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>
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> As I learned recently, it was optional in later versions of S/370,
> but seems to be standard by now.


It was, at first, unique to the 4300 series, and only entered the
mainstream around the XA generation.

--
John W. Kennedy
"Compact is becoming contract,
Man only earns and pays."
-- Charles Williams. "Bors to Elayne: On the King's Coins"
John W. Kennedy

2005-11-10, 6:55 pm

glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:
> John W. Kennedy wrote:
>
>
>
> (snip regarding MVCIN)
>
>
>
>
>
> As I learned recently, it was optional in later versions of S/370,
> but seems to be standard by now.


It was, at first, unique to the 4300 series, and only entered the
mainstream around the XA generation.

--
John W. Kennedy
"Compact is becoming contract,
Man only earns and pays."
-- Charles Williams. "Bors to Elayne: On the King's Coins"
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