Difference between revisions of "Commercial Instruction Set"
From Computer History Wiki
(Pretty stubby, but a start) |
m (+cat) |
||
| (One intermediate revision by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
A '''Commercial Instruction Set''' (sometimes named an 'Extended Instruction Set') was an option in a number of early computers to support more efficient processing of business applications; it generally included [[binary-coded decimal]] support. | A '''Commercial Instruction Set''' (sometimes named an 'Extended Instruction Set') was an option in a number of early computers to support more efficient processing of business applications; it generally included [[binary-coded decimal]] support. | ||
| + | |||
| + | In [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]'s [[VAX]] line of computers, the early models included hardware support for the VAX [[architecture]]'s Commercial Instruction Set, but this was dropped in later models; any such instructions found in the [[object code]] as a program ran were [[emulator|emulated]]. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| Line 7: | Line 9: | ||
{{stub}} | {{stub}} | ||
| + | |||
| + | [[Category: Computer Basics]] | ||
Latest revision as of 02:03, 16 December 2018
A Commercial Instruction Set (sometimes named an 'Extended Instruction Set') was an option in a number of early computers to support more efficient processing of business applications; it generally included binary-coded decimal support.
In DEC's VAX line of computers, the early models included hardware support for the VAX architecture's Commercial Instruction Set, but this was dropped in later models; any such instructions found in the object code as a program ran were emulated.
