alt Hacker NewsSome of those crazy instructions were used for copy protection, back in the day. Those mystery page boundary overflows were entertaining.
Some of those crazy instructions were used for copy protection, back in the day. Those mystery page boundary overflows were entertaining.
Aah, that's much better and more realistic than my previous assumption that they were "government instructions", something used in the military and similar more secretive contexts, but I suppose they didn't use off-the-shelves components perhaps like today.