darren@ethos.UUCP (02/16/87)
I read in the documentation for A86 (a good SW compiler - I reccomend it), that
the new instructions such as PUSHA, POPA & BOUND were part of the 186/286/NEC
chips. Does this include the NEC V-20 (or V-20-8)?
Has anyone out there heard any news about or tried the new Turbo-C compiler by
Borland? I'd like to know how it compares to Microsoft, DeSmet and the other
biggies. Does it incorporate a run-time library like Turbo-Pascal (let's hope
not.)? Is it as slow as Turbo-Pascal (also a result of that library).
-Darren
*----=====-----=====-----=====-----=====-----=====-----=====----*
// Darren Friedlein, ANSI-FX software Phone: 919/596-7746 \\
(( Rt 4 Box 416, Durham, NC 27703 919/596-9492 ))
\\ ...{burl,cbosgd,ihnp4,mcnc}!ethos!darren //
*----=====-----=====-----=====-----=====-----=====-----=====----*
Zaphod Beeblebrox is now appearing in "No Sex Please, We're
Amoeboids and Gatularians" at the Bruntos Vogon Star House.perkins@bnrmtv.UUCP (02/17/87)
> I read in the documentation for A86 (a good SW compiler - I reccomend it), that > the new instructions such as PUSHA, POPA & BOUND were part of the 186/286/NEC > chips. Does this include the NEC V-20 (or V-20-8)? > > // Darren Friedlein ...{burl,cbosgd,ihnp4,mcnc}!ethos!darren // I tried out some of the 80186 instructions on my Compaq DeskPro with a V30 replacing the original 8086. Everything I tried worked just fine. -- {hplabs,amdahl,3comvax}!bnrmtv!perkins --Henry Perkins It is better never to have been born. But who among us has such luck? One in a million, perhaps.
dan@srs.UUCP (02/17/87)
> I heard that PUSHA, POPA & BOUND were part of the 186/286/NEC > chips. Does this include the NEC V-20 (or V-20-8)? Yes. The V-20,V-30 instruction set looks like a proper superset of the 186 instruction set. If there is interest, I could post a list of the V-20 native instructions (which include bit field operations) with timings. - Dan Kegel
sbanner1@uvicctr.UUCP (02/23/87)
In article <124@srs.UUCP> dan@srs.UUCP (Dan Kegel) writes: >> I heard that PUSHA, POPA & BOUND were part of the 186/286/NEC >> chips. Does this include the NEC V-20 (or V-20-8)? > >Yes. The V-20,V-30 instruction set looks like a proper superset of the >186 instruction set. If there is interest, I could post a list of the >V-20 native instructions (which include bit field operations) with timings. >- Dan Kegel Yes, please do. Or at least send me a copy direct if there is not enough other interest. Thanks, S. John Banner UUCP ...!{uw-beaver,ubc-vision}!uvicctr!sbanner1 BITNET ccsjb@uvvm ARPA sbanner1@uvunix.UVIC.CDN #1 1121 Fort St. Victoria BC. Canada V8V 3K9
latham@bsdpkh.UUCP (02/24/87)
> Yes. The V-20,V-30 instruction set looks like a proper superset of the > 186 instruction set. If there is interest, I could post a list of the > V-20 native instructions (which include bit field operations) with timings. > - Dan Kegel I would definitely be interested in a copy of this, my V-20 came with no documentation when I mail ordered it. I would be indebted if you could mail me a copy. Ken Latham ..!ihnp4!codas!bsdpkh!latham P.S. This would have been private mail except 'smail' doesn't seem to exist any more, I'm not sure it ever did :-) .
campbell@maynard.UUCP (02/26/87)
In article <271@bsdpkh.UUCP> latham@bsdpkh.UUCP (Ken Latham) writes: > >I would definitely be interested in a copy of this, my V-20 came with no >documentation when I mail ordered it. I would be indebted if you could >mail me a copy. Why don't you just *telephone your local NEC sales office?* They'll be *glad* to send you a free manual for the V20 and V30 with more information than anyone in their right mind would want to type in. -- Larry Campbell The Boston Software Works, Inc. Internet: campbell@maynard.uucp 120 Fulton Street, Boston MA 02109 uucp: {alliant,wjh12}!maynard!campbell +1 617 367 6846 ARPA: campbell%maynard.uucp@harvisr.harvard.edu MCI: LCAMPBELL