Date   : Wed, 18 Oct 1989 07:21:46 GMT
From   : spdcc!merk!alliant!linus!nixbur!nixpbe!peun11!josef@bloom-beacon.mit.edu (Moellers)
Subject: Z80 Algorithms

dbraun@cadev5.intel.com (Doug Braun ~) writes:


>Bigger deal!! Use a Z280 and do *16* bit multiplies (signed AND unsigned)
>in 25 or so clcok cycles.  Also divide! (32 bits / 16 bits).
>Also 2-byte instructions.  Unless you want to do something like:
>   HL := DEHL DIV (IX+2345H)


>Doug Braun                         Intel Corp CAD
>                                   408 765-4279

OK, but then You'll loose Z80 compatibility (unless I'm wrong)!
You might as well take the NS32K, that gives You
multiply, divide, remainder in all sorts of data types (signed,
unsigned, float) and sized (byte, word, double, float, long)


               Josef Moellers

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