RE: A92: .Wav---->.92p

To: assembly-92@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: RE: A92: .Wav---->.92p
From: sprestridge@ti.com
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 07:25:21 -0600
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Yes, you are correct.  When we code the calculators, we try
not to use HW specific instructions so that if Xilog ever stopped
making the Z80 (or just could not supply it to us in the quantity
we require), we could switch to another Z80 processor.  In other
words, I believe that the Xilog Z80 has a HW multiply instruction
whereas the standard Z80 does not.  Even though it is a great
computation savings, we did not use this feature so that it will
be portable to another Z80 based processor.



Shawn A. Prestridge
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