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A 6502 Programmer's Introduction to the 65816

by Brett Tabke

After programming in 6502 language for over a decade, I was getting a bit BORED. One can only code the same routines with the same opcodes so many times before the nausea of repetition becomes overpowering. When I heard the news that CMD was building a cartridge based on a 20 MHz 65816 I was overjoyed. For years I've heard those with 65816 bases systems brag about its capabilities. To us old 6502 programmers, the opportunity to program the fabled 65816 is a new lease on life.

The 65816 is an 8-/16-bit register selectable upgrade to the 6502 series processor. With 24 bit addressing of up to 16 Megabytes of RAM, the powerful 65816 is a logical upgrade that leaves 6502 programmers feeling right at home. It is amazing how fast one can adapt to the new processor. It sounds funny to say it, but the only difficulty I have had learning the 65816 is that there are so many options and choices to complete the same task, that it is hard to decide which method is best.

To get started programming the 65816, I would recommend purchasing the book, "Programming the 65816" from The Western Design Center, manufacturer of the 65816. While it is a bit pricey, the sheer quality and content of the 600 page book is worth the money. Rarely, if ever, has there been a CPU manual as thorough and detailed as the Western Design book. If you know 6502 assembly, then Programming the 65816 is probably the only 65816 book you will ever need.

Getting a Feel for the Modes

The 65816 may be operated in Native mode or 6502 Emulation mode. Emulation mode is a 100% 6502 compatible mode where the whole processor looks and feels like a vintage 6502. Native mode offers 8- or 16-bit user registers and full access to 24-bit addressing.

While in emulation mode, not only are all the 6502 opcodes present in their virgin form, but the new 65816 instructions are also available for usage. In fact, the first lesson to learn about programming the 65816 is that emulation mode is much more powerful than a stock 6502. The only true difference between emulation mode and our venerable C64's 6510 processor is that unimplemented opcodes will not produce the results expected on the former. Since all 256 of the potential opcodes are now implemented on the 65816, older C64 software that uses previously unimplemented opcodes will produce erratic results.

To select between emulation and native modes, a new phantom hidden emulation bit (E) was added to the status register. Shown in programming models hanging on top of the Carry bit, the emulation bit is only accessible by one instruction. The new instruction (XCE) exchanges the status of the Carry bit and Emulation bit. To move to emulation mode, set the carry and issue an XCE instruction. To move to native mode, clear the carry and issue the XCE instruction.

My, How Your Index Registers Have Grown!

While in native mode there are two new directly accessible bits present in the status register. The 65816 implements new hardware interrupt vectors which include a new hardware BRK vector in ROM; therefore, the old BRK bit of the status register is no longer needed. The BRK bit is replaced with the X bit to select either 8- or 16-bit index registers. The former empty bit 5 is now filled with the M bit to specify the accumulator and memory access as 8- or 16-bit.

Two new instructions are used to clear or set bits within the status register. The SEP instruction sets bits, and REP clears bits. SEP and REP use a one byte immediate addressing mode operand to specify which bits are to be set or cleared. For example, to set the X bit for 8 bit user registers:

SEP #%00010000 ; set bit 4 for 8-bit index
; registers.


Or to clear bit 4:
REP #%00010000 ; clear bit 4 for 16-bit index
; registers.


When in 8 bit mode, the index registers perform their function in standard 6502 form. When status bit X is set to 0, both the X and Y index registers become 16 bits wide. With a 16-bit index register you can now reach out to a full 64K with the various indexed addressing modes. An absolute load to an index register in 16-bit mode will retrieve 2 bytes of memory-the one at the effective address and the one at the effective address plus one. Simple things like INX or DEY work on a full 16 bit, which means you no longer have to specify a memory location for various counters, and loops based on index counters can now be coded in a more efficient manner.

The formerly empty status register bit 5 is now referred to as bit M. M is used to specify an 8- or 16-bit wide acculmulator and memory accesses. When in 8 bit mode, (M=1), the high order 8 bits are still accessible by exchanging the low and high bytes with a XBA instruction-it is like having two acculmulators! However; when set for a full 16-bit wide accumulator, all math and accumulator oriented logical intructions operate on all 16 bits! If you add up the clock cycles and bytes required to perform a standard two byte addition, you can start to see the true power of 16-bit registers.

More Register Improvements

Zero Page has now been renamed to Direct Page-corporate thinking, go figure. A new processor register D was added to allow Direct Page to be moved anywhere within the first 64K of memory. The direct page register is 16 bits wide, so you can now specify the start of direct page at any byte. Several old instructions now include direct page addressing as well. To move direct page, just push the new value onto the stack (16 bits) and then PLD to pull it into the direct page register. You may also transfer the value from the 16-bit accumulator to the direct page register with the TCD instruction. Direct page may also be moved while in emulation mode.

While in native mode, the stack pointer is a full 16 bits wide, which means the stack is no longer limited to just 256 bytes. It can be moved anywhere within the first 64K of memory (although while in emulation mode, the stack is located at page one). There are several new addressing modes that can use the stack pointer as a quasi-index register to access memory. Numerous new push and pull instructions allow you to manipulate the stack. A few of the more useful stack intructions useful to programmers, are the new instructions to push & pull index registers with PHX/PHY and PLX/PLY.

Two other new processors registers are the Program Bank Register (PBR) and the Data Bank Register (DBR). The Program Bank Register can be thought of as extending the program counter out to 24 bits. Although you can JSR and JMP to routines located in other RAM banks, individual routines on the 65816 still must run within a single bank of 64K-there's no automatic rollover from one bank of RAM to the next when executing successive instructions. In this sense, it may help to think of the 65816 processor as a marriage of Commodore's C128 Memory Management Unit (MMU) and an 'enhanced' 6502-a very similar concept.

The Data Bank Register is used to reach out to any address within the 16 megabyte address space of the 65816. When any of the addressing modes that specify a 16-bit address are used, the Data Bank byte is appended to the instruction address. This allows access to all 16 megabytes without having to resort to 24-bit addressing instruction, and helps enable code that can operate from any bank.

New Addressing Modes

There are new addressing modes on the 65816. Several new instructions are designed to help relocatable code that can execute at any address. The use of relocatable code on the 6502 was extremely limited. With 16 megabytes of address space, writing relocatable code increases the overall utility of the program. To write relocatable code, several new instructions use Program Counter Relative Long addressing. This allows relative branching within a 64K bank of RAM. There's also Stack Relative addressing, and a push instruction to place the program counter onto the stack, so that a code fragment can pull it back off and can instantly know its execution address.

Another new feature are two Block Move instructions, one for forward MVP and one for backward MVN. Simply load the 16-bit X register with the starting address, the Y index register with the ending address, the accumulator with the number of bytes to move, and issue the MVP or MVN instructions. MVN is for move negative, and MVP is for move positive, so that your moves don't overwrite themselves. Block Moves use two operand bytes: one for the source bank of 64K and one for the destination bank. Memory is moved at the rate of seven clock cycles per byte.

Several new addressing modes are used to access the full address space. A 65816 assembler would decode "long" addressing given this input:

LDA $0445F2 ; load byte from $45F2 of RAM
; bank 4
LDA $03412F,x ; load byte from $412F of bank 3
; plus x.

Quite a few instructions have been given new addressing modes. How many times have you wanted to do this:
LDA ($12) ; load indirect without an
; offset.


Or how about a table of routine addresses:
JSR ($1234,x) ; jump to a subroutine via
; indexed indirect addressing!


Other fun new instructions:
TXY,TYX Transfer directly between index registers
BRA Branch always regardless of status bits
TSB Test and set any bit of a byte
TRB Test and reset (clear) any bit of a byte
INC A/DEC A Increment or decrement the accumulator directly
STZ Store a zero to any byte

Summing Up

As you can see, the 65816 opens up a whole new world of programming-it feels like a new lease on life. Of course, it's going to take some time to learn the new processor. But while the 20 MHz speed is a nice perk, I believe that the real power of CMD's new peripheral is indeed the engine under its hood: the 65816-a super CPU!



Native Mode Options

While in Native Mode, the m flag controls the size of Accumulator A and most Memory Operations, while the x flag controls the size of the X and Y Index Registers. This provides 4 different configuration possibilities, as charted below. The REP and SEP instructions are used in combination to swith configurations.
m x A/M X/Y Instructions
0 0 15-bit 16-bit REP #$30
0 1 16-bit 8-bit REP #$20
SEP #$10
1 0 8-bit 16-bit REP #$10
SEP #$20
1 1 8-bit 8-bit SEP #$30

It is important to note that the m flag will control the size of all operations dealing with memory except in operations involving the X and Y Index Registers (CPX, CPY, LDX, LDY, STX and STY) when the x flag controls the size.



Emulation Notes

While in Emulation Mode, Accumulator A is forced to 8-bit mode. You can, however, access the upper 8 bits with instructions that specify Accumulator B, and all 16 bits at once with instructions that specify Accumulator C. The X and Y Index Registers are also forced to 8-bit mode, with no means available to access the upper 8 bits. To further assist in compatibility, the Stack is forced to Page 1 of Bank 0. The Direct page Register (D) is fully functional in this mode, allowing direct page to be placed anywhere in Bank 0. Likewise, the Program Bank Register (PBR) and Data Bank Register (DBR) are also fully functional. While it would seem that these latter items would allow programs to operate from any bank in Emulation mode, there are some caveats; interrups will force the program bank to zero without saving the PBR first, and RTI won't attempt to restore the bank. Therefore, Native mode would be recommended to execute programs in other banks.

Guide to 6502/65C02/65816 Instructions

| a | | b | | c | | d | | e | | i | | j | | l | | m | | n | | o | | p | | r | | s | | t | | w | | x |

Assembler Example HEX Addressing Mode 02 C02 816 Bytes Cycles
ADC Add With Carry [Flags affected: n,v,z,c]
ADC (dp,X)
61 DP Indexed Indirect,X x x x 2 61,2,4
ADC sr,S
63 Stack Relative x 2 41,4
ADC dp
65 Direct Page x x x 2 31,2,4
ADC [dp]
67 DP Indirect Long x 2 61,2,4
ADC #const
69 Immediate x x x 217 21,4
ADC addr
6D Absolute x x x 3 41,4
ADC long
6F Absolute Long x 4 51,4
ADC ( dp),Y
71 DP Indirect Indexed, Y x x x 2 51,2,3,4
ADC (dp)
72 DP Indirect x x 2 51,2,4
ADC (sr,S),Y
73 SR Indirect Indexed,Y x 2 71,4
ADC dp,X
75 DP Indexed,X x x x 2 41,2,4
ADC [dp],Y
77 DP Indirect Long Indexed, Y x 2 61,2,4
ADC addr,Y
79 Absolute Indexed,Y x x x 3 41,3,4
ADC addr,X
7D Absolute Indexed,X x x x 3 41,3,4
ADC long,X
7F Absolute Long Indexed,X x 4 51,4
AND AND Accumulator With Memory [Flags affected: n,z]
AND (dp,X)
21 DP Indexed Indirect,X x x x 2 61,2
AND sr,S
23 Stack Relative x 2 41
AND dp
25 Direct Page x x x 2 31,2
AND [dp]
27 DP Indirect Long x 2 61,2
AND #const
29 Immediate x x x 217 21
AND addr
2D Absolute x x x 3 41
AND long
2F Absolute Long x 4 51
AND (dp),Y
31 DP Indirect Indexed, Y x x x 2 51,2,3
AND (dp)
32 DP Indirect x x 2 51,2
AND (sr,S),Y
33 SR Indirect Indexed,Y x 2 71
AND dp,X
35 DP Indexed,X x x x 2 41,2
AND [dp],Y
37 DP Indirect Long Indexed, Y x 2 61,2
AND addr,Y
39 Absolute Indexed,Y x x x 3 41,3
AND addr,X
3D Absolute Indexed,X x x x 3 41,3
AND long,X
3F Absolute Long Indexed,X x 4 51
ASL Accumulator or Memory Shift Left [Flags affected: n,z,c]
ASL dp
06 Direct Page x x x 2 52,5
ASL A
0A Accumulator x x x 1 2
ASL addr
0E Absolute x x x 3 65
ASL dp,X
16 DP Indexed,X x x x 2 62,5
ASL addr,X
1E Absolute Indexed,X x x x 3 75,6
BCC Branch if Carry Clear [Flags affected: none][Alias: BLT]
BCC nearlabel
90 Program Counter Relative x x x 2 27,8
BCS Branch if Carry Set [Flags affected: none][Alias: BGE]
BCS nearlabel
B0 Program Counter Relative x x x 2 27,8
BEQ Branch if Equal [Flags affected: none]
BEQ nearlabel
F0 Program Counter Relative x x x 2 27,8
BIT Test Bits [Flags affected: z (immediate mode) n,v,z (non-immediate modes)]
BIT dp
24 Direct Page x x x 2 31,2
BIT addr
2C Absolute x x x 3 41
BIT dp,X
34 DP Indexed,X x x 2 41,2
BIT addr,X
3C Absolute Indexed,X x x 3 41,3
BIT #const
89 Immediate x x 217 21
BMI Branch if Minus [Flags affected: none]
BMI nearlabel
30 Program Counter Relative x x x 2 27,8
BNE Branch if Not Equal [Flags affected: none]
BNE nearlabel
D0 Program Counter Relative x x x 2 27,8
BPL Branch if Plus [Flags affected: none]
BPL nearlabel
10 Program Counter Relative x x x 2 27,8
BRA Branch Always [Flags affected: none]
BRA nearlabel
80 Program Counter Relative x x 2 38
BRK Break [Flags affected: b,i (6502) b,d,i (65C02/65816 Emulation) d,i (65816 Native)]
BRK
00 Stack/Interrupt x x x 2 18 79
BRL Branch Long Always [Flags affected: none]
BRL label
82 Program Counter Relative Long x 3 4
BVC Branch if Overflow Clear [Flags affected: none]
BVC nearlabel
50 Program Counter Relative x x x 2 27,8
BVS Branch if Overflow Set [Flags affected: none]
BVS nearlabel
70 Program Counter Relative x x x 2 27,8
CLC Clear Carry [Flags affected: c]
CLC
18 Implied x x x 1 2
CLD Clear Decimal Mode Flag [Flags affected: d]
CLD
D8 Implied x x x 1 2
CLI Clear Interrupt Disable Flag [Flags affected: i]
CLI
58 Implied x x x 1 2
CLV Clear Overflow Flag [Flags affected: v]
CLV
B8 Implied x x x 1 2
CMP Compare Accumulator With Memory [Flags affected: n,z,c]
CMP (dp,X)
C1 DP Indexed Indirect,X x x x 2 61,2
CMP sr,S
C3 Stack Relative x 2 41
CMP dp
C5 Direct Page x x x 2 31,2
CMP [dp]
C7 DP Indirect Long x 2 61,2
CMP #const
C9 Immediate x x x 217 21
CMP addr
CD Absolute x x x 3 41
CMP long
CF Absolute Long x 4 51
CMP (dp),Y
D1 DP Indirect Indexed, Y x x x 2 51,2,3
CMP (dp)
D2 DP Indirect x x 2 51,2
CMP (sr,S),Y
D3 SR Indirect Indexed,Y x 2 71
CMP dp,X
D5 DP Indexed,X x x x 2 41,2
CMP [dp],Y
D7 DP Indirect Long Indexed, Y x 2 61,2
CMP addr,Y
D9 Absolute Indexed,Y x x x 3 41,3
CMP addr,X
DD Absolute Indexed,X x x x 3 41,3
CMP long,X
DF Absolute Long Indexed,X x 4 51
COP Co-Processor Enable [Flags affected: d,i]
COP const
02 Stack/Interrupt x 218 79
CPX Compare Index Register X with Memory [Flags affected: n,z,c]
CPX #const
E0 Immediate x x x 219 210
CPX dp
E4 Direct Page x x x 2 32,10
CPX addr
EC Absolute x x x 3 410
CPY Compare Index Register Y with Memory [Flags affected: n,z,c]
CPY #const
C0 Immediate x x x 219 210
CPY dp
C4 Direct Page x x x 2 32,10
CPY addr
CC Absolute x x x 3 410
DEC Decrement [Flags affected: n,z]
DEC A
3A Accumulator x x 1 2
DEC dp
C6 Direct Page x x x 2 52,5
DEC addr
CE Absolute x x x 3 65
DEC dp,X
D6 DP Indexed,X x x x 2 62,5
DEC addr,X
DE Absolute Indexed,X x x x 3 75,6
DEX Decrement Index Register X [Flags affected: n,z]
DEX
CA Implied x x x 1 2
DEY Decrement Index Register Y [Flags affected: n,z]
DEY
88 Implied x x x 1 2
EOR Exclusive-OR Accumulator with Memory [Flags affected: n,z]
EOR (dp,X)
41 DP Indexed Indirect,X x x x 2 61,2
EOR sr,S
43 Stack Relative x 2 41
EOR dp
45 Direct Page x x x 2 31,2
EOR [dp]
47 DP Indirect Long x 2 61,2
EOR #const
49 Immediate x x x 217 21
EOR addr
4D Absolute x x x 3 41
EOR long
4F Absolute Long x 4 51
EOR (dp),Y
51 DP Indirect Indexed, Y x x x 2 51,2,3
EOR (dp)
52 DP Indirect x x 2 51,2
EOR (sr,S),Y
53 SR Indirect Indexed,Y x 2 71
EOR dp,X
55 DP Indexed,X x x x 2 41,2
EOR [dp],Y
57 DP Indirect Long Indexed, Y x 2 61,2
EOR addr,Y
59 Absolute Indexed,Y x x x 3 41,3
EOR addr,X
5D Absolute Indexed,X x x x 3 41,3
EOR long,X
5F Absolute Long Indexed,X x 4 51
INC Increment [Flags affected: n,z]
INC A
1A Accumulator x x 1 2
INC dp
E6 Direct Page x x x 2 52,5
INC addr
EE Absolute x x x 3 65
INC dp,X
F6 DP Indexed,X x x x 2 62,5
INC addr,X
FE Absolute Indexed,X x x x 3 75,6
INX Increment Index Register X [Flags affected: n,z]
INX
E8 Implied x x x 1 2
INY Increment Index Register Y [Flags affected: n,z]
INY
C8 Implied x x x 1 2
JMP Jump [Flags affected: none][Alias: JML for all Long addressing modes]
JMP addr
4C Absolute x x x 3 3
JMP long
5C Absolute Long x 4 4
JMP (addr)
6C Absolute Indirect x x x 3 511,12
JMP (addr,X)
7C Absolute Indexed Indirect x x 3 6
JMP [addr]
DC Absolute Indirect Long x 3 6
JSR Jump to Subroutine [Flags affected: none][Alias: JSL for Absolute Long]
JSR addr
20 Absolute x x x 3 6
JSR long
22 Absolute Long x 4 8
JSR (addr,X))
FC Absolute Indexed Indirect x 3 8
LDA Load Accumulator from Memory [Flags affected: n,z]
LDA (dp,X)
A1 DP Indexed Indirect,X x x x 2 61,2
LDA sr,S
A3 Stack Relative x 2 41
LDA dp
A5 Direct Page x x x 2 31,2
LDA [dp]
A7 DP Indirect Long x 2 61,2
LDA #const
A9 Immediate x x x 217 21
LDA addr
AD Absolute x x x 3 41
LDA long
AF Absolute Long x 4 51
LDA (dp),Y
B1 DP Indirect Indexed, Y x x x 2 51,2,3
LDA (dp)
B2 DP Indirect x x 2 51,2
LDA (sr,S),Y
B3 SR Indirect Indexed,Y x 2 71
LDA dp,X
B5 DP Indexed,X x x x 2 41,2
LDA [dp],Y
B7 DP Indirect Long Indexed, Y x 2 61,2
LDA addr,Y
B9 Absolute Indexed,Y x x x 3 41,3
LDA addr,X
BD Absolute Indexed,X x x x 3 41,3
LDA long,X
BF Absolute Long Indexed,X x 4 51
LDX Load Index Register X from Memory [Flags affected: n,z]
LDX #const
A2 Immediate x x x 2 19 210
LDX dp
A6 Direct Page x x x 2 32,10
LDX addr
AE Absolute x x x 3 410
LDX dp,Y
B6 DP Indexed,Y x x x 2 42,10
LDX addr,Y
BE Absolute Indexed,Y x x x 3 43,10
LDY Load Index Register Y from Memory [Flags affected: n,z]
LDY #const
A0 Immediate x x x 2 19 210
LDY dp
A4 Direct Page x x x 2 32,10
LDY addr
AC Absolute x x x 3 410
LDY dp,X
B4 DP Indexed,X x x x 2 42,10
LDY addr,X
BC Absolute Indexed,X x x x 3 43,10
LSR Logical Shift Memory or Accumulator Right [Flags affected: n,z,c]
LSR dp
46 Direct Page x x x 2 52,5
LSR A
4A Accumulator x x x 1 2
LSR addr
4E Absolute x x x 3 65
LSR dp,X
56 DP Indexed,X x x x 2 62,5
LSR addr,X
5E Absolute Indexed,X x x x 3 75,6
MVN Block Move Negative [Flags affected: none][Registers: X,Y,C]
MVN srcbk,destbk
54 Block Move x 3 13
MVP Block Move Positive [Flags affected: none][Registers: X,Y,C]
MVN srcbk,destbk
44 Block Move x 3 13
NOP No Operation [Flags affected: none]
NOP
EA Implied x x x 1 2
ORA OR Accumulator with Memory [Flags affected: n,z]
ORA (dp,X)
01 DP Indexed Indirect,X x x x 2 61,2
ORA sr,S
03 Stack Relative x 2 41
ORA dp
05 Direct Page x x x 2 31,2
ORA [dp]
07 DP Indirect Long x 2 61,2
ORA #const
09 Immediate x x x 217 21
ORA addr
0D Absolute x x x 3 41
ORA long
0F Absolute Long x 4 51
ORA (dp),Y
11 DP Indirect Indexed, Y x x x 2 51,2,3
ORA (dp)
12 DP Indirect x x 2 51,2
ORA (sr,S),Y
13 SR Indirect Indexed,Y x 2 71
ORA dp,X
15 DP Indexed,X x x x 2 41,2
ORA [dp],Y
17 DP Indirect Long Indexed, Y x 2 61,2
ORA addr,Y
19 Absolute Indexed,Y x x x 3 41,3
ORA addr,X
1D Absolute Indexed,X x x x 3 41,3
ORA long,X
1F Absolute Long Indexed,X x 4 51
PEA Push Effective Absolute Address [Flags affected: none]
PEA addr
F4 Stack (Absolute) x 3 5
PEI Push Effective Indirect Address [Flags affected: none]
PEI (dp)
D4 Stack (DP Indirect) x 2 62
PER Push Effective PC Relative Indirect Address [Flags affected: none]
PER label
62 Stack (PC Relative Long) x 3 6
PHA Push Accumulator [Flags affected: none]
PHA
48 Stack (Push) x x x 1 31
PHB Push Data Bank Register [Flags affected: none]
PHB
8B Stack (Push) x 1 3
PHD Push Direct Page Register [Flags affected: none]
PHD
0B Stack (Push) x 1 4
PHK Push Program Bank Register [Flags affected: none]
PHK
4B Stack (Push) x 1 3
PHP Push Processor Status Register [Flags affected: none]
PHP
08 Stack (Push) x x x 1 3
PHX Push Index Register X [Flags affected: none]
PHX
DA Stack (Push) x x 1 310
PHY Push Index Register Y [Flags affected: none]
PHY
5A Stack (Push) x x 1 310
PLA Pull Accumulator [Flags affected: n,z]
PLA
68 Stack (Pull) x x x 1 41
PLB Pull Data Bank Register [Flags affected: n,z]
PLB
AB Stack (Pull) x 1 4
PLD Pull Direct Page Register [Flags affected: n,z]
PLD
2B Stack (Pull) x 1 5
PLP Pull Processor Status Register [Flags affected: n,z]
PLP
28 Stack (Pull) x x x 1 4
PLX Pull Index Register X [Flags affected: n,z]
PLX
FA Stack (Pull) x x 1 410
PLY Pull Index Register Y [Flags affected: n,z]
PLY
7A Stack (Pull) x x 1 410
REP Reset Processor Status Bits [Flags affected: all except b per operand]
REP #const
C2 Immediate x 2 3
ROL Rotate Memory or Accumulator Left [Flags affected: n,z,c]
ROL dp
26 Direct Page x x x 2 52,5
ROL A
2A Accumulator x x x 1 2
ROL addr
2E Absolute x x x 3 65
ROL dp,X
36 DP Indexed,X x x x 2 62,5
ROL addr,X
3E Absolute Indexed,X x x x 3 75,6
ROR Rotate Memory or Accumulator Right [Flags affected: n,z,c]
ROR dp
66 Direct Page x x x 2 52,5
ROR A
6A Accumulator x x x 1 2
ROR addr
6E Absolute x x x 3 65
ROR dp,X
76 DP Indexed,X x x x 2 62,5
ROR addr,X
7E Absolute Indexed,X x x x 3 75,6
RTI Return from Interrupt [Flags affected: all except b]
RTI
40 Stack (RTI) x x x 1 69
RTL Return from Subroutine Long [Flags affected: none]
RTL
6B Stack (RTL) x 1 6
RTS Return from Subroutine [Flags affected: none]
RTS
60 Stack (RTS) x x x 1 6
SBC Subtract with Borrow from Accumulator [Flags affected: n,v,z,c]
SBC (dp,X)
E1 DP Indexed Indirect,X x x x 2 61,2,4
SBC sr,S
E3 Stack Relative x 2 41,4
SBC dp
E5 Direct Page x x x 2 31,2,4
SBC [dp]
E7 DP Indirect Long x 2 61,2,4
SBC #const
E9 Immediate x x x 217 21,4
SBC addr
ED Absolute x x x 3 41,4
SBC long
EF Absolute Long x 4 51,4
SBC (dp),Y
F1 DP Indirect Indexed, Y x x x 2 51,2,3,4
SBC (dp)
F2 DP Indirect x x 2 51,2,4
SBC (sr,S),Y
F3 SR Indirect Indexed,Y x 2 71,4
SBC dp,X
F5 DP Indexed,X x x x 2 41,2,4
SBC [dp],Y
F7 DP Indirect Long Indexed, Y x 2 61,2,4
SBC addr,Y
F9 Absolute Indexed,Y x x x 3 41,3,4
SBC addr,X
FD Absolute Indexed,X x x x 3 41,3,4
SBC long,X
FF Absolute Long Indexed,X x 4 51,4
SEC Set Carry Flag [Flags affected: c]
SEC
38 Implied x x x 1 2
SED Set Decimal Flag [Flags affected: d]
SED
F8 Implied x x x 1 2
SEI Set Interrupt Disable Flag [Flags affected: i]
SEI
78 Implied x x x 1 2
SEP Set Processor Status Bits [Flags affected: all except b per operand]
SEP
E2 Immediate x 2 3
STA Store Accumulator to Memory [Flags affected: none]
STA (dp,X)
81 DP Indexed Indirect,X x x x 2 61,2
STA sr,S
83 Stack Relative x 2 41
STA dp
85 Direct Page x x x 2 31,2
STA [dp]
87 DP Indirect Long x 2 61,2
STA addr
8D Absolute x x x 3 41
STA long
8F Absolute Long x 4 51
STA (dp),Y
91 DP Indirect Indexed, Y x x x 2 61,2
STA (dp)
92 DP Indirect x x 2 51,2
STA (sr,S),Y
93 SR Indirect Indexed,Y x 2 71
STA dpX
95 DP Indexed,X x x x 2 41,2
STA [dp],Y
97 DP Indirect Long Indexed, Y x 2 61,2
STA addr,Y
99 Absolute Indexed,Y x x x 3 51
STA addr,X
9D Absolute Indexed,X x x x 3 51
STA long,X
9F Absolute Long Indexed,X x 4 51
STP Stop Processor [Flags affected: none]
STP
DB Implied x 1 314
STX Store Index Register X to Memory [Flags affected: none]
STX dp
86 Direct Page x x x 2 32,10
STX addr
8E Absolute x x x 3 410
STX dp,Y
96 DP Indexed,Y x x x 2 42,10
STY Store Index Register Y to Memory [Flags affected: none]
STY dp
84 Direct Page x x x 2 32,10
STY addr
8C Absolute x x x 3 410
STY dp,X
94 DP Indexed,X x x x 2 42,10
STZ Store Zero to Memory [Flags affected: none]
STZ dp
64 Direct Page x x 2 31,2
STZ dp,X
74 DP Indexed,X x x 2 41,2
STZ addr
9C Absolute x x 3 41
STZ addr,X
9E Absolute Indexed,X x x 3 51
TAX Transfer Accumulator to Index Register X [Flags affected: n,z]
TAX
AA Implied x x x 1 2
TAY Transfer Accumulator to Index Register Y [Flags affected: n,z]
TAY
A8 Implied x x x 1 2
TCD Transfer 16-bit Accumulator to Direct Page Register [Flags affected: n,z]
TCD
5B Implied x 1 2
TCS Transfer 16-bit Accumulator to Stack Pointer [Flags affected: none]
TCS
1B Implied x 1 2
TDC Transfer Direct Page Register to 16-bit Accumulator [Flags affected: n,z]
TDC
7B Implied x 1 2
TRB Test and Reset Memory Bits Against Accumulator [Flags affected: z]
TRB dp
14 Direct Page x x 2 52,5
TRB addr
1C Absolute x x 3 63
TSB Test and Set Memory Bits Against Accumulator [Flags affected: z]
TSB dp
04 Direct Page x x 2 52,5
TSB addr
0C Absolute x x 3 65
TSC Transfer Stack Pointer to 16-bit Accumulator [Flags affected: n,z]
TSC
3B Implied x 1 2
TSX Transfer Stack Pointer to Index Register X [Flags affected: n,z]
TSX
BA Implied x x x 1 2
TXA Transfer Index Register X to Accumulator [Flags affected: n,z]
TXA
8A Implied x x x 1 2
TXS Transfer Index Register X to Stack Pointer [Flags affected: none]
TXS
9A Implied x x x 1 2
TXY Transfer Index Register X to Index Register Y [Flags affected: n,z]
TXY
9B Implied x 1 2
TYA Transfer Index Register Y to Accumulator [Flags affected: n,z]
TYA
98 Implied x x x 1 2
TYX Transfer Index Register Y to Index Register X [Flags affected: n,z]
TYX
BB Implied x 1 2
WAI Wait for Interrupt [Flags affected: none]
WAI
CB Implied x 1 315
WDM Reserved for Future Expansion [Flags affected: none (subject to change)]
WDM
42 n/a x 2 16 n/a16
XBA Exchange B and A 8-bit Accumulators [Flags affected: n,z]
XBA
EB Implied x 1 3
XCE Exchange Carry and Emulation Flags [Flags affected: m,b/x,c,e]
XCE
FB Implied x 1 2

NOTES

1 Add 1 cycle if m=0 (16-bit memory/accumulator)
2 Add 1 cycle if low byte of Direct Page Register is non-zero
3 Add 1 cycle if adding index crosses a page boundary
4 Add 1 cycle if 65C02 and d=1 (65C02 in decimal mode)
5 Add 2 cycles if m=0 (16-bit memory/accumulator)
6 Subtract 1 cycle if 65C02 and no page boundary crossed
7 Add 1 cycle if branch is taken
8 Add 1 cycle if branch taken crosses page boundary on 6502, 65C02, or 65816's 6502 emulation mode (e=1)
9 Add 1 cycle for 65816 native mode (e=0)
10 Add 1 cycle if x=0 (16-bit index registers)
11 Add 1 cycle if 65C02
12 6502: Yields incorrect results if low byte of operand is $FF (i.e., operand is $xxFF)
13 7 cycles per byte moved
14 Uses 3 cycles to shut the processor down: additional cycles are required by reset to restart it
15 Uses 3 cycles to shut the processor down: additional cycles are required by interrupt to restart it
16 Byte and cycle counts subject to change in future processors which expand WDM into 2-byte opcode portions of instructions of varying lengths
17 Add 1 byte if m=0 (16-bit memory/accumulator)
18 Opcode is 1 byte, but program counter value pushed onto stack is incremented by 2 allowing for optional signature byte
19 Add 1 byte if x=0 (16-bit index registers)

Copyright © 1996 Creative Micro Designs, Inc.
Reprinted with permission from Commodore World magazine, Issue #16.