Issue # 4 DTACK GROUNDED Newsletter - November 1981
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... selected memory. Here is how the 68000 moves 200,000 bytes from location 100,000 to location 1,250,000 (all decimal numbers): 203C 0003 0D40 MOVE .L #200000, D0 set byte count 207C 0001 86A0 MOVE .L #100000, A0 set source address 227C 0013 12D0 MOVE .L #1250000, A1 set destination address MOVEN 12D8 MOVE .B (A0)+, (A1)+ move a byte 5380 SUBQ .L #1, D0 decrement byte counter 66FA BNE MOVEN repeat until count done Three instructions to set up, three to execute (if the byte number were always even or divisible by 4, word or long word moves could be used). Now, try THAT using a segmented or bank switched memory system! Page 8 INTERESTING PUBLICATIONS ...