Motorola MVME187 manual The sign field is the first field and is a binary field

Using the 187Bug Debugger

Valid data types that can be used when modifying a floating point data register or a floating point memory location:

Integer Data Types

12Byte

1234 Half-Word

12345678 Word

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Floating Point Data Types

1_FF_7FFFFF	Single Precision Real Format
1_7FF_FFFFFFFFFFFFF	Double Precision Real Format

-3.12345678901234501_E+123 ScientiÞc Notation Format (decimal)

When entering data in single or double precision format, the following rules must be observed:

1.The sign field is the first field and is a binary field.

2.The exponent field is the second field and is a hexadecimal field.

3.The mantissa field is the last field and is a hexadecimal field.

4.The sign field, the exponent field, and at least the first digit of the mantissa field must be present (any unspecified digits in the mantissa field are set to zero).

5.Each field must be separated from adjacent fields by an underscore.

6.All the digit positions in the sign and exponent fields must be present.

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