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From: Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com>
Subject: Re: Floating Decimal Package/Library?
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 11:43:03 -0400
Date: 2002-07-24T11:43:03-04:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1027525383.829953@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3D3EC569.613EE332@san.rr.com

Darren New wrote:
> The 6502 let you add two BCD digits using a binary add, then had an
> instruction (adjust decimal?) that would look at the half-carry flag and
> convert it back to BCD with the appropriate carry bit set.

The 80x86 processors also have decimal instructions.
AA[ASMD] adjust after unpacked decimal operations.
DA[AS] adjust after packed decimal operations.




  reply	other threads:[~2002-07-24 15:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-07-12 17:19 Floating Decimal Package/Library? Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2002-07-12 22:58 ` Robert Wessel
2002-07-12 23:30   ` Dann Corbit
2002-07-15 13:34     ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2002-07-16  5:04       ` Robert C. Leif
2002-07-16  7:01         ` tmoran
2002-07-16 15:50           ` Robert C. Leif
2002-07-17  1:24             ` tmoran
2002-07-17  2:53               ` Robert C. Leif
2002-07-17  4:41                 ` tmoran
2002-07-17 16:30                   ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2002-07-17 22:09                     ` tmoran
2002-07-29 17:05                       ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2002-07-29 17:41                         ` tmoran
2002-07-30  8:58                           ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2002-07-30 16:20                           ` John H. Lindsay
2002-07-16 16:32           ` Pascal Obry
2002-07-16 17:53           ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2002-07-17  1:24             ` tmoran
2002-07-17  8:28               ` Vadim Godunko
2002-07-17 13:32                 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2002-07-22 23:33                   ` Robert I. Eachus
2002-07-23 13:16                     ` Marin David Condic
2002-07-24 15:18                       ` Darren New
2002-07-24 15:43                         ` Hyman Rosen [this message]
2002-07-24 16:17                         ` Fraser Wilson
2002-07-17 13:30               ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2002-07-13 21:55 ` Björn Lundin
2002-07-15 13:37   ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2002-07-17 21:56 ` Waldek Hebisch
2002-07-18 14:13   ` Robert C. Leif
2002-07-19 14:41     ` Waldek Hebisch
2002-07-19 17:29   ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2002-07-19 21:50     ` Waldek Hebisch
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