28 Mar
2008
28 Mar
'08
5:33 a.m.
Guy Sotomayor wrote:
Without having a BIOS listing in front of me, I can't quote an exact
example. But the above was the philosophy...speed (skipping a few
instructions *did* make a difference) or saving bytes by not having to
do all of the setup.
I have a BIOS listing of the PCjr (techref is in front of me); I will
look at the listing to see if I can see obvious places where this would
result in a savings. Thanks for the discussion and history.
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