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From: bird@cbnewsd.ATT.COM (j.l.walters)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: WDM mnemonic
Message-ID: <12998@cbnewsd.ATT.COM>
Date: 1 Feb 90 13:53:59 GMT
References: <5424@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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From article <5424@hydra.gatech.EDU>, by ccastbs@prism.gatech.EDU (Shannon Bell):
> Could someone please tell me what WDM is supposed to do? It's
> opcode 42,...

It stands for William D. Mensch, the designer of the 65816. As I
remember, it is reserved as an expansion instruction of some
sort. (Math coprocessor?) The true answer is in the Lichty & Eyes
book on programming the 65816.


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