[A83] Re: Quick quistion about djnz

To: <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
Subject: [A83] Re: Quick quistion about djnz
From: "Ronald Teune" <rtwolf@gmx.net>
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 13:09:53 +0100
Reply-To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org


>well in a way, all of these instructions aren't stored in ram.
>
>if it was stored in ram we would have a much larger area to work with(well,
>83+ and the se have ram, but they wouldn't be running from ram).  they are
>already on the chips memory.  so it's only the instruction execution that
>takes any time, not loading it.

I think 'loading' wouldn't take time at all.
The instructions are probably somewhere on the chip with some address lines,
and all you have to do is change the address lines, and you have it in the
blink of an eye, unlike a harddisk.

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