On Thu, 2 Aug 2012 10:35:03 -0700, John R. Ehrman (408-463-3543 T/543-) wrote:
>
>The halfword versions of NIxx and OIxx were done for an earlier
>machine. When the time came to add the fullword versions such
>as NIxF and OIxF (and XIxF), the CPU architectes realized that
>there was no need for the halfword versions, ... Because the
>halfword versions of N and O were already in the field and
>couldn't be removed, only the fullword versions of X were added.
> 
Are the instruction lengths the same?  (Not that anyone much
cares nowadays.)

-- gil

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