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Figure 4-4 Codebook again

Well, the reality is slightly different. Most of the 8088 machine language

commands are 1 byte, but more-complex commands need 2 bytes. For

example, the following command tells the CPU to move 163 bytes “up the

RAM spreadsheet” and run whatever command is there. Cool, eh?

1110100110100011

The problem here is that the command is 2 bytes wide, not 1 byte. So how

did the 8088 handle this? Simple—it just took the command 1 byte at a time.

It took twice as long to handle the command because the MCC had to go to

RAM twice, but it worked.

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