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Article #58What is the BTCS instruction ?
From: John G Dobnick
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 1991 19:39
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 1991 19:39
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We received some code to fix a problem on our tahoe machine -- code which uses the BTCS instruction. While the assembler seems to know what this is, it is _not_ described in any of the manuals we have available. This makes it slightly difficult to understand just what the code is doing. (I believe we have the most current manuals our vendor supplies. This does not mean they are _really_ current, however.) My Question of the Day is: What is this BTCS instruction? Ideally, I seek a response that provides all the information that the architecture reference manual supplies for the other instructions -- to wit, instruction format, operand specifications, description of operation, "pseudo code" description of the instruction, condition codes, etc. Thank you for whatever information you can supply, -- John G Dobnick (JGD2) Computing Services Division @ University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee INTERNET: jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu ATTnet: (414) 229-5727 UUCP: uunet!uwm!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!jgd "Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight." -- William Safire
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!ucsd!ucbvax!CSD4.CSD.UWM.EDU!jgd From: jgd@CSD4.CSD.UWM.EDU (John G Dobnick) Newsgroups: comp.sys.tahoe Subject: What is the BTCS instruction ? Message-ID: <9101241939.AA19540@csd4.csd.uwm.edu> Date: 24 Jan 91 19:39:02 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 26