Re: A86: Re: Bits, Bytes, Etc.


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Re: A86: Re: Bits, Bytes, Etc.




>%XXXXXXXX is a binary number that is one byte long. it can be used for
>sprites, port reading, data manipulation,etc. all bytes have to have a value
>between -258 and 257 and are integers only
>
actually, a byte ranges between 0 and 255 or -127 and 128 (i might have 
that backwards).
and there is nothing that says a byte has to be an integer, it could be 
part of a floating point number, or it could be something else.  the only 
thing a byte has to be is 8 consecutive bits.

dennis