RCA Spectra 70 Training Manual

DECIMAL ARITHMETIC INSTRUCTIONS
Decimal Add and Subtract
The RCA 70/25 has four decimal arithmetic instruc-
tions, Add Decimal (AP) Subtract Decimal (SP) ,
Multiply Decimal (MP) , and Divide Decimal (DP) •
All require operands to be in packed format. The
rightmost byte in each field is assumed to contain
the Sign in the low-order four bits.
A sign is generated in the least significant byte of the
result field.
The sign (rightmost four bits of the result operand)
is aC16 (1100)2 for a positive field or a D16 (1101
2
)
if the result field is negat,ive.
The Condition Code Indicator is set following execu-
tion of the instruction based on whether the result
field is zero, positive (greater than zero), negative
(less than zero), or if overflow has occurred. Over-
flow interrupt can occur after add and subtract oper-
ation, but not after multiply or divide. Overflow, if
present, overrides the setting for a positive or neg-
ative result.
As an example, assume the following fields are in
memory:
BAL
I
06 I 07
08 09
50
23 I 87 23
1+
I
(
\
AMT
51
50
51 52
)
23 47
5+
and the following instruction is issued:
ASSEMBLY
OPERATION
OPERAND
INSTRUCTION
AP BAL(3), AMT(3)
OP
Ll
L2 Bl
Dl
B2 D2
GENERATED
I FA
16
12 I 2
1
210
1
091110
1
210
1105410 I
INSTRUCTION
General Register two contains 4096
10
29
the result field will appear and the Condition Code
Indicator will be set as follows:
BAL
06 : 07 08 09
50
23 : 10 70 6+
CONDITION CODE = 3 (overflow)
When overflow occurs, the position to the left of the
result field (HSM 5006 above) is not affected by the
1 carry out of the MSD of the result. The overflow
setting (Condition Code 3) overrides the positive
result setting which would otherwise be set (Condi-
tion Code 2).
The operands being added (or subtracted) do not have
to be of equal length. The first (and result) operand,
however, should be the longer operand if they are
unequal. The first operand can be considered the
controlling operand.
If the second operand is shorter in length, high-
order zeros are generated by hardware until the
leftmost digit of the first operand has been reached.
If the second operand is longer, its high-order ex-
cess bytes do not affect the result.
It should be noted that this condition does not neces-
sarily set the overflow condition. Overflow is set
only by a 1 carry from the most Significant digit of
the result.
For example, assume HSM contains a field with the
following value:
BAL
00 01 02
30
75 23 4+
and an Amount field contained the following values:
EXAMPLE 1
EXAMPLE 2
AMT
AMT
20 21 22
23
24 )
20 21 22 23
24/
30
5+ )
30
00 05
21
67
00 03
31 84
2+,
\

RCA Spectra 70 Specifications

General

Manufacturer	RCA
Model	Spectra 70
Category	Computer Hardware
Word Size	32 bits
Memory	Up to 512 KB
Predecessor	RCA 3301
Successor	RCA Series