Re: A86: Re: rst $xx


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Re: A86: Re: rst $xx




At 02:18 PM 3/22/98 -0600, you wrote:
>
>so is it like a call or a jump?
>
A rst instruction is a call to the address in the instruction
($0008,$0010,$0018,etc.).
The reason to use the rst instead of a call is that the rst instruction is
only one byte long, where a call is 3 bytes. Also I think the rst is
probably faster...

--Joshua


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