> Where is the carry bit and the z flag on an abacus situated and what is > the command to test these prior to branching ??? or does this result > stack underflow and premature program termination ???? I think the carry bits are in the small partition, and the branching occurs because an abacus should be made out of wood. :) I assume the z flag is stored in the state of the entire abacus as the beginning state. -- D. Jay Newman ! jay@sprucegrove.com ! Xander: Giles, don't make cave-slayer unhappy. http://enerd.ws/robots/ ! -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads