The 6809 was a major advance over both its predecessor, the
combine them into a single 16-bit register. It also featured
source compatible with the 6800, even though the 6800 had 78
instructions and the 6809 only had around 59 (including a
SEX instruction). Some instructions were replaced by more
general ones which the
assembler would translate, and some
Other features were one of the first multiplication
instructions of the time, 16-bit arithmetic and a special fast
interrupt. But it was also highly optimised, gaining up to
five times the speed of the 6800 series CPU. Like the 6800,
test instruction.
(1995-02-01)