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But it does not affect [[XBA]].


There are no BMS or BMC instructions that examine this flag.
There are no BMS or BMC instructions that examine this flag.

Revision as of 22:43, 9 August 2024

The Memory/Accumulator Select (M) flag exists in the processor status register (bit 5) of the 65c816. It indicates whether the accumulator is 8 or 16 bits wide:

  • When clear, the accumulator is 16 bits wide. It can only be clear in native mode.
  • When set, the accumulator is 8 bits wide, but the high byte (B) is still retained.

It can be affected by:

It affects the behavior of (incomplete list):

But it does not affect XBA.

There are no BMS or BMC instructions that examine this flag.

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