[net.micro.pc] BCD MATH ON 808x

kpk@gitpyr.UUCP (Kevin P. Kleinfelter) (07/26/85)

Does anyone know what Intel had in mind when they created the BCD 
instructions for the 808x?  As near as I can tell, the instruction
set supports only unsigned BCD.  I need to do signed math in BCD.
Is there a better way than testing the signs and magnitudes, doing
unsigned math, and inserting the correct sign after the fact?
                                Thanks