RE: A86: Byte order
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RE: A86: Byte order
At 02:40 PM 9/29/97 -0400, you wrote:
>On Sun, 28 Sep 1997, Alan Bailey wrote:
>
>> processors is sometimes different. The z80 is a Big-Endian, which means
>> the most-significant byte is stored first. some processors are
>> Small-Endian, or little-endian, which means the opposite.
>>
>> I'm pretty sure about that last bit of information
>>
>
>You got that backwards, Alan. The Z80 stores the least significant byte
>(the little end) first. Intel chips are the same way. The Motorola
>680x0 chips are big-endian, as are most RISC processors (as far as I
>know).
>
>--------
>Dan Eble <eble@cis.ohio-state.edu>
> (http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~eble)
>
>"Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!" - James 3:5
>
>
>
whoops ;)
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