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|    wolfgang kern to Robert Pengelly    |
|    Re: COM1 interrupt for 16-bit OS    |
|    13 Nov 23 00:55:23    |
      From: nowhere@never.at              On 12/11/2023 23:14, Robert Pengelly wrote:       ...       > Also, how do I scale down a number in assembly?              SHR 3 ;aka divide by 8       SHR 4 ;aka divide by 16       both rounds down, but who cares?              odd divide values can perform with a combination of SHR and MUL or even       with the famous awful slow DIV instruction.              __       wolfgang              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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