>Tom Uban <[email protected]> wrote:
>Here is the power-up/interrupt code I use on a board I built: ...

  Thanks!  A couple of questions -

  It looks like this code trashes DE, so I assume the background code just 
can't use those registers?  So there's no way to code a truly transparent ISR?

  I also notice that the 8008 lacks any kind of interrupt enable F-F, nor any 
EI/DI type instructions.  Is that right?  I guess you could always implement 
those with external hardware, at least.

  And the big question - what's your code for restoring these flags when you 
exit the ISR?  The MCS-8 manual says that all ALU instructions always update 
all flags, with the exception of the rotate opcodes which only change carry.  
It seems that means the ZS&P flags at least would have to be restored together 
in one instruction.

Bob

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