> I agree with all that has been said.  But.......
>
> Because the maximum results is only 7 bits, I would use 9 bits for the
> fraction (16355, 1635, 163).  And then just divide the high order result
> byte by 2.

You certainly could.  That would give you 8 fraction bits instead of 9 at
the cost of two instructions worst case.  Probably neither the instructions
nor the extra fraction bit make any meaningful difference, so I would go
with the 8 fraction bits for simplicity and maintainability.


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