Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: $Revision: 1.6.2.16 $; site pbear.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!cca!pbear!peterb From: peterb@pbear.UUCP Newsgroups: net.arch Subject: Re: Re: RISC (really on multiplication d Message-ID: <600007@pbear.UUCP> Date: Tue, 23-Jul-85 19:33:00 EDT Article-I.D.: pbear.600007 Posted: Tue Jul 23 19:33:00 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 00:26:20 EDT References: <476@mmintl.UUCP> Lines: 10 Nf-ID: #R:mmintl:-47600:pbear:600007:000:281 Nf-From: pbear!peterb Jul 23 19:33:00 1985 Jon, The 8086 / 80186 do NOT produce same magnitude results from multiplication and division. AX is mulitiplied by the operand and the result is left in DX:AX. This is 32 bits, not the original 16 that the operands are! Peter Barada {ihnp4!inmet|{harvard|cca}!ima}!pbear!peterb