Quote Originally Posted by Darrel Taylor View Post
Keep in mind that in PBP, ALL mutiplications and divisions are done as a 16-bit operation. So even though the variables are BYTE's, it takes the same time as if they were WORD's.
And if I remember right, ALL mult's and div's done with PBPL in 2.50B are done as signed-31-bit operations. So, now it's even 'worse'!
Sounds like it might be time for a small assembly routine for 8 and 16 bit math when speed counts...something like: @ mult16, @ mult8, @ div16, @ div8
I've been meaning to do it...sometime...when I get time...to save time...