Hello Nick,
Nick Coons wrote to Kevin Barrow :
[NOP]
 >> it is an op code for the computer to do nothing.
 NC>  So what's the point? Does it take any clock cycles?
NOP - No Operation (90h)
        Usage:  NOP
        Modifies flags: None
        This is a do nothing instruction.  It results in occupation of both
        space and time and is most useful for patching code segments.
        (This is the original XCHG AL,AL instruction)
                                 Clocks                 Size
        Operands         808x  286   386   486          Bytes
        none              3     3     3     1             1
(ref. intel.doc)
Bye          - Jan Wagemakers -
.!. vi : It's easy to start. Harder to exit. :-)              (Mariusz 
Blonski)
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