Decimal V Binary??

From: Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
Date: Thu Sep 23 17:03:49 2004

> I've always wondered what systems/processors (other than IBM mainframes)
> that had hardware decimal arithmetic support. I don't mean 'decimal
> adjust' instructions, I'm talking about full
> add/subtract/multiply/divide/etc. The only other one I know of is the

PDP11/44 CIS option supported packed decimal 'strings'. Didn't some VAXen
do so as well?

-tony
Received on Thu Sep 23 2004 - 17:03:49 BST