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It may be the most misunderstood flag of the [[65c816]].<sup>[2]</sup> | It may be the most misunderstood flag of the [[65c816]].<sup>[2]</sup> It is bit 6 of the [[status register]]. | ||
There is no [[SEV]] instruction to directly set the overflow flag, but the 6502 and 65c02 do have a hardware signal to set it. | There is no [[SEV]] instruction to directly set the overflow flag, but the 6502 and 65c02 do have a hardware signal to set it. | ||
Revision as of 00:04, 7 July 2024
The Overflow Flag (V) is affected only by the following eight instructions:
It may be the most misunderstood flag of the 65c816.[2] It is bit 6 of the status register.
There is no SEV instruction to directly set the overflow flag, but the 6502 and 65c02 do have a hardware signal to set it.
See Also
References
- Eyes & Lichty, page 439: https://archive.org/details/0893037893ProgrammingThe65816/page/n465
- Clark, Bruce. http://www.6502.org/tutorials/vflag.html
- Shirriff, Ken. https://www.righto.com/2012/12/the-6502-overflow-flag-explained.html?m=1
- lbid. https://www.righto.com/2013/01/a-small-part-of-6502-chip-explained.html?m=1
- Labiak. https://archive.org/details/Programming_the_65816/page/n118