Re: A86: nop

To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: A86: nop
From: ComAsYuAre@aol.com
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1998 19:49:26 EST
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In a message dated 11/6/98 9:55:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, Cheetah17@aol.com
writes:

>    Ok, I have seen this in various programs and stuff, but what exactly is 
> the
>  nop command used for? Why would you want to perform no operation?
>     And why would you put something like nop \ nop \ nop \ nop in? What's 
> wrong
>  with just one?

No OPeration.  it slows down the calc (calc does nothing for 4 t-states).  if
you want a lot of pauses, then you use more than one.

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