RE: [Nasm-devel] Question about Pentium III and IV Internal Instruction Set Book...

[Ben M. <bm_...@ya...>]

> -----Original Message-----
> On Thu, 15 Jan 2004, Benjamen R. Meyer wrote:
> > Hi! I don't know if you read the archieves or not,
but a while 
> this question
> > was asked & answered. I don't have the URL, but I
will 
> summarize for you.
> >
> > 1) Instructions & operands can be found in the
Intel 
> Architecture Software
> > Developer's Manual - usually volume 2 - of the
latest x86 
> processor. (i.e
> > P4)
> >
> > 2) As can be revealed by the archives (at least I
think we have 
> archives),
> > with the P6 architecture (PII/PIII) the timing
stuff (i.e. cycle counts)
> > varies to much to do the counting like in the
80086->i586 (P5). 
> So you won't
> > find this information any more.
> >
> > Hope this helps!
> 
> Ben,
> 	Do you know where the archive can be found, and,
also, can you
> purchase the Intel documentation, in book form
(hardcover or paperback)
> from like, Amazon.com or BandN.com?  Or do you have
to order directly from
> Intel?  Or can you only d/l it in PDF Format?

If anything on the archives would be on the websites.
NASM: http://nasm.sourceforge.net,
http://sourceforge.net/projects/nasm/
 (Mailing list page:
http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=6208)
Bochs: http://bochs.sourceforge.net,
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bochs/
 (Mailing list page:
http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=12580)

You can download the PDF's from Intel's website.
Alternatively, you can call Intel (# on www.intel.com,
or developer.intel.com) and get 1 copy of each book
free. I don't think you can get them from Amazon.com
or anywhere else. They're not badly priced if you need
to purchase them as far as I know.

> 	Thank you very much for the information..  it is
MUCH, MUCH, MUCH
> appreciated.. especially the tip on the cycle
counting varrying to much to

No problem!

Ben


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