Online HelpPC 2.10      Quick Reference Utility     Copyright 1991 David Jurgens

 
                           WAIT/FWAIT - Event Wait                           
                                                                                
                                                                                
        Usage:  WAIT                                                            
                FWAIT                                                           
        Modifies flags: None                                                    
                                                                                
                                                                                
        CPU enters wait state until the coprocessor signals it has finished     
        it's operation.  This instruction is used to prevent the CPU from       
        accessing memory that may be temporarily in use by the coprocessor.     
        WAIT and FWAIT are identical.                                           
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                 Clocks                 Size                    
        Operands         808x  286   386   486          Bytes                   
                                                                                
        none              4     3     6+   1-3            1                     
                                                                                
                                                                                
        - see Instruction Timing                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
 

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