RE: A86: Byte order


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RE: A86: Byte order



At 02:40 PM 9/29/97 -0400, you wrote:
>On Sun, 28 Sep 1997, Alan Bailey wrote:
>
>> processors is sometimes different.  The z80 is a Big-Endian, which means
>> the most-significant byte is stored first.  some processors are
>> Small-Endian, or little-endian, which means the opposite.  
>> 
>> I'm pretty sure about that last bit of information
>> 
>
>You got that backwards, Alan.  The Z80 stores the least significant byte
>(the little end) first.  Intel chips are the same way.  The Motorola
>680x0 chips are big-endian, as are most RISC processors (as far as I
>know).
>
>--------
>Dan Eble <eble@cis.ohio-state.edu>
>         (http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~eble)
>
>"Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!" - James 3:5
>
>
>

whoops ;)


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