Re: [colorforth] bug in bit32?

[albert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Albert van der Horst)]

On Wed, May 04, 2005 at 04:54:26PM -0400, Mark Slicker wrote:
> Here is bit16 and bit32 from ftp://ftp.ultratechnology.com/GEN.ASM:
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> Notice above by the lablel 'b32', 'shl  EAX, 1'. I think this should be
> 'shl  AX, 1' like in 'bit16'. I think bit32 apears to work because the
> previous row in the bitmap will be shifted into the upper 16 bits of EAX,
> and will be displayed on the next call to bit32.

As far as I understand it, this keeping of 16 bits for the next call of
bit32 is intended. Why would you call it bit32 if it only handles
16 bits? It does handle 32 bits, in two calls.

<SNIP>

Groetjes Albert

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