>> They're really only non-standard compared to x86. Most of the
>> mainframe CPUs have had decimal math for years.
>
> Oh, as did the 6502 in its own way, for that matter. As does the 8086.
The B status flag puts the 6502 into BCD mode. God only knows what that
actually means in practice; I never tried it.
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