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Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> writes:

> Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> writes:
>> 6502 could access the first page using an 8-bit immediate offset.
>
> Ah ok, similar but not quite the same issue.  Thanks.  I never
> programmed the 6502 in assembler but I remember people who did
> discussing putting the frequently accessed stuff on the first page,
> due to hoops needed to get to the higher pages.

The PDP8 was like that, AFAICR (but it was 50 years ago that I met a
PDP8!)