Re: A89: New programmer help.

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Subject: Re: A89: New programmer help.
From: Nate Mueller <nlmueller@students.wisc.edu>
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 17:38:24 -0600
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>what is the difference between a byte,  word, and longword.  when would you
>know to use which one?

A byte is an 8 digit long binary number.  A word is 16 digits long and a
long word is 32.  Which you use depends on the application -- a longword
can represent higher numbers then a byte, but may display functions use
bytes for 8 pixel bits of the screen.

>what is xored, and anded?  and when would i use which?

a  b  |  a xor b  a and b
----+----------------
0  0 |       0          0
0  1 |       1          0
1  0 |       1          0
1  1 |       0          1

>is anyone making or have a tilemaps tutorial up?  if not if someone knows and
>has time it could work.

I think acz has/is working on a tilemap library and tutorial.  I could be
wrong though.

	--Nate

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