Ha, AMD Am29000 had single-step MUL and DIV instructions, that is, they did a single addition/subtraction and shift; to actually divide two numbers you literall

Ha, AMD Am29000 had single-step MUL and DIV instructions, that is, they did a single addition/subtraction and shift; to actually divide two numbers you literally wrote a sequence of 32 identical (except of the very first/last one) MUL or DIV instructions: look at [0], sections "7.1.6. Integer multiplication" and "7.1.7. Integer division" on pp. 203–207. [0] http://www.bitsavers.org/components/amd/Am29000/1987_Am29000_Users_Manual.pdf http://www.bitsavers.org/components/amd/Am29000/1987_Am29000...