> I need to convert 16 bit binary to 4 BCD digits.  I searched the archives
> and thought I had found just the right thing, so I more-or-less just
pasted
> it into my 16C877 code.  However, MPASM gives error messages on the lines
> with the ds and $ directives.   I can't find any references to the $
(except
> where it returns the PCL) in the MPASM user's guide.
>
> ...
>
> NumH:   ds      1
> NumL:   ds      1
> TenK:   ds      1
>
> ...
>
>         addlw   $E2

What stone tablet did you find this chiseled on!?  I vaguely remember
stories of the Ancient Ones that used to say "DS" to reserve storage and "$"
to denote hexadecimal.


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Olin Lathrop, embedded systems consultant in Devens Massachusetts
(978) 772-3129, olin@cognivis.com, http://www.cognivis.com

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