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Design of a fully variable-length structured minicomputer

Published: 09 December 1973 Publication History

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Binary-based and fixed-length structure computers are often inconvenient and wasteful of resources. In this paper we present a design for a fully variable-length structured minicomputer. Since all parameters (instructions and data) are unrestricted in length, their boundaries and interpretation are effected by special delimiter codes. For practical reasons (dictated by current technology) the machine utilizes a binary-coded decimal number representation.

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[1]
IBM Reference Manual, 1620 Data Processing Systems, IBM, 1960.
[2]
CIP/2200 Reference Manual, Cincinnati Milacron Company, Process Controls Division, Lebanon, Ohio, April 1972.
[3]
W.T. Wilner, "Burroughs B1700 memory utilization," Proceedings of FJCC, 1972, pp. 579-586.
[4]
Caxton C. Foster, "The Next Three Generations," Computer, Vol. 5, No. 2, March/April 1972.

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ISCA '73: Proceedings of the 1st annual symposium on Computer architecture
December 1973
169 pages
ISBN:9781450374286
DOI:10.1145/800123
  • cover image ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News
    ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News  Volume 2, Issue 4
    december 1973
    165 pages
    ISSN:0163-5964
    DOI:10.1145/633642
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