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Re: What's about the 65832 ?
- Subject: Re: What's about the 65832 ?
- From: GUDATH@EZINFO.VMSMAIL.ETHZ.CH (Henrik 'Ratte' Gudat)
- Date: 1996/08/13
- Distribution: world
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: Synergetix
- References: <4unv1l$c5p@gap.cco.caltech.edu> <4up9dc$c4u@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4uq2ml$s2q@nyx10.cs.du.edu>
In <4uq2ml$s2q@nyx10.cs.du.edu> wbaguhn@nyx10.cs.du.edu writes:
> Don't forget the COP op-code, for allowing coprocessors (I believe that
> this is how the '832 was going to implement it's fancy features).
The COP was for the FPU of the 832. In the current machines, you can use it
similar to the break instruction.
Actually, COP *does* implement today siome fancy instructions. It's being used
by GUS and some other emulator (whose name escapes me...hmm..) for interacing
with the Mac side.
- henrik
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