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August I, 1978; version 34; Fix bugs in stack underflow detection in MDpop and Dpop dispatches. Fix BL
**TC to remember even/odd alignment. [2 free words left] RL
July 26, 1978; version 33; Correct constant at Jscale from 100000 to 77777. [3 free words left] RJ
July 5, 1978; version 32; Fix signed comparison bytecodes to handle overflow correctly (Suzuki's algori
**thm). Add BLTC bytecode. Eliminate 1 instruction each in nextXB logic and FetchAB. Eliminate 3 ins
**tructions by combining JEQ and JNE logic. Miscellaneous corrections to comments and some predefs. [
**3 free words left] RL
March 6, 1978; version 31b; Ensure DISP non-zero at KFCr. Add RFC. [3 free words left] RJ & RL
March 2, 1978; version 31a; Entry conditions for all trap handlers changed: trap parameters now passed
**in registers, and interrupts never disabled. AV, SD, GFT now bound to fixed addresses. RR and WR ch
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