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Re: 386 Assembler Question - Easy one...

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From: Mr I Scheepers
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 11:48

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In <1992Nov9.162931.1@camins.camosun.bc.ca> morley@camins.camosun.bc.ca writes:
>In 386 assembler I need to fill an extended register with 4 copies
>of the same byte.  Right now I'm using the following:

>   mov  al,VALUE
>   mov  ah,VALUE
>   shl  eax,16
>   mov  al,VALUE
>   mov  ah,VALUE

>I'm curious... is there a better/faster way to stuff the register?

How about:
	mov al,VALUE
	mov ah,al
	mov eax,ax

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Subject: Re: 386 Assembler Question - Easy one...
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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 11:48:31 GMT
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