Re: A86: Re: Bits, Bytes, Etc.
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Re: A86: Re: Bits, Bytes, Etc.
doh o yeah got the value wrong, but it is true that it has to be part of a
whole number, well i mean if you declare it in ur program, however it can be
like %10011011.101 or something if it is in the OPs
-----Original Message-----
From: munsie <munsie@earthlink.net>
To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Thursday, January 01, 1998 11:58 AM
Subject: 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
>
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