> On Jul 31, 2024, at 3:22 PM, B 9 <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Now, I have some questions: Is this well known? Is it documented anywhere? 
> Was this implementation something Microsoft did or was the floating point 
> math one of the additions NEC made for N82 BASIC? Is it possible for there to 
> be a loop such that the number would never stop changing?
> 
Hi b9,

I've got a bit too much of a raging headache (and diminished 8080 skill) to be 
entirely sure this is *exactly* it, or what the heck it's trying to do, but I 
think the original implementation itself is somewhere here: 
<https://github.com/z88dk/techdocs/blob/6a97f97b9f87fbadf08ab3c1e8d29bd6be28e9d9/targets/m100/pc8201.asm#L1584>

I know zx70's commentary on the 8201 disassembly isn't as stellar as the 
100/102 disassembly, but it's still at least somewhat readable. I hope this 
helps you along your quest for your (wonderful, thank you!) tokenizer's 
advancement. I've seen in general you've been shooting for a true-to-memory—or 
at least true-to-freshly-loaded, barring line relocation—design, so following 
the original even if it's irrational and nonlinear and absurd could be about 
all you might expect to do.

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