Re: two mem-cycles for Peek ???

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From: Andy Rabagliati
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:16

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In article <1993Jan22.140715.26743@fokus.gmd.de> jet@fokus.gmd.de (J. Tiemann) writes:
>Hi,
>
>Every 'Peek' occured with two memory cycles on
>the specific address ...
>
>Why use our 'Peek' two memory cycles?
>

Peek /poke was originally put into the Transputer for diagnostic
purposes only.

If you peek an address that is non-word-aligned, the transputer would
have to do two memory accesses. Maybe the microcode always does two
accesses, to simplicate and add lightness.

Cheers,    Andy.
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