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Article #12833Re: byte order: be reasonable - do it my way...
From: Joel West
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1987 15:49
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1987 15:49
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The 68000 is big-endian, as is the 68020.
Recently I saw the suggestion that the 68008 is little-endian,
except when fetching opcodes. Could this be true?
If so, does anyone have any idea how many changes would be required
to programs and an OS to make them work on both processors? It
boggles my mind...
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Joel West MCI Mail: 282-8879
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!sdcsvax!gould9!joel From: joel@gould9.UUCP (Joel West) Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.sys.m68k Subject: Re: byte order: be reasonable - do it my way... Message-ID: <980@gould9.UUCP> Date: Fri, 16-Jan-87 10:49:24 EST Article-I.D.: gould9.980 Posted: Fri Jan 16 10:49:24 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 17-Jan-87 04:08:12 EST References: <760@orcisi.UUCP> <1011@cuuxb.UUCP> <753@vaxb.calgary.UUCP> <183@pembina.alberta.UUCP> Organization: Western Software Technology, Vista, CA Lines: 13 Summary: 68008 little-endian?