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- From: andyr@wizzy.com (Andy Rabagliati)
- Subject: Re: two mem-cycles for Peek ???
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- References: <1993Jan22.140715.26743@fokus.gmd.de>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:16:26 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan22.140715.26743@fokus.gmd.de> jet@fokus.gmd.de (J. Tiemann) writes:
- >Hi,
- >
- >Every 'Peek' occured with two memory cycles on
- >the specific address ...
- >
- >Why use our 'Peek' two memory cycles?
- >
-
- Peek /poke was originally put into the Transputer for diagnostic
- purposes only.
-
- If you peek an address that is non-word-aligned, the transputer would
- have to do two memory accesses. Maybe the microcode always does two
- accesses, to simplicate and add lightness.
-
- Cheers, Andy.
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