The CPU has a simple 8-bit microcode:
MICROCODE INSTRUCTIONS bytecode 0x00 LD B,(HL+nn) ; nn = 0-7 or 0x8000 - 0x8007 0x10 LD B,(nn) 0x20 LD L,(HL+nn) 0x30 LD L,(nn) 0x80 ST (HL+nn),B 0x90 ST (nn),B 0xa0 LD UPC,BL ; UPC[0-7] <- B[0-7], UPC[8-11] <- L[0-3] 0xb0 LD UPC,B ; UPC[0-7] <- B[0-7], UPC[8-11] <- 0 0xc8 LD H,L+nn ; nn = 0-7 IR3 must be set to 'write' to ROM 0xd8 LD H,nn ; nn = 0-7 IR3 must be set to 'write' to ROM 0x00 - 0x07 add this to bytecode for nn = 0-7 0x08 add this to bytecode for nn = 0x8000 - 0x8007 Microcode instructions can have an additional M or P, to make them conditional: M (minus) -> execute when H[7] = 1 P (plus) -> execute when H[7] = 0
Note that the micro-instruction that writes to H will also write to the external bus, due to the simplicity of the decoder. To prevent writing rubbish to RAM, this micro-instruction has IR3=1 to generate an address in the 0x8000-0xFFFF range. The external address decoding should be such that RAM and I/O is in the 0x000-0x7FFF range, in order not to be corrupted by this decoder effect.
Also note that the "+" in (HL+nn ) is actually a bitwise-OR and not an addition.
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