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From: kjm@ut-ngp.UUCP (kjm)
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Subject: Re: Re: Godless 68000 instruction set - (nf)
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Date: Sun, 18-Dec-83 14:34:08 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec 18 14:34:08 1983
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Organization: Comp. Center, Univ. of Texas at Austin
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[Offering to the god of blank lines...]

  The 68000 forces word-alignment of the stack because
it is not able to do a word operation at an odd address
(because it's too stupid to do two bus cycles). Thus pushing
a byte then pushing a word wouldn't work. Since this does
make the stack pointer (A7) act strangely, a better
solution would have been to use a separate dedicated register.

  Of course, the best solution would be to use an NS16032. :-)
[No, I'm not connected in any way with National Semiconductor.]


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