Re: A89: division in asm

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Subject: Re: A89: division in asm
From: Olle Hedman <oh@hem.passagen.se>
Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 23:26:27 +0200
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Johan wrote:
> The 68000 can *only* divide a LONG by a WORD. The result must fit in a
> word,
> otherwise you'll get an overflow. Division by zero should be avoided :)

shiess..  you are right..  I read to fast in the manual.. :)
long by long is only cpu32, and 68020 and up...

blowhole, divide a long by a word as johan sais and use only the lower word of
the result and you will get what you want anyway :)

//Olle

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