Keep DAA! (was Re: 8086 bugs)

Chuck Guzis cclist at sydex.com
Sun Dec 11 00:24:41 CST 2005


On 12/11/2005 at 12:20 AM Dave Dunfield wrote:

>I don't think you can get any fewer instructions using this algorithm,
>because you need to adjust the alphanumerics by an offset of 7, and
>you need one extra instruction to set the inital carry flag boundary,
>which makes 8 in total.

I haven't found a shorter solution yet.  Good work!

So who needs DAA?

Cheers,
Chuck






More information about the cctalk mailing list