8088 Flags
ä Flag values change as part of execution of the
instructions
ä General rules for 6 condition/status registers
ä PF - set if and only if (iff) lsbyte of result
contains an even number of 1s
ä ZF - zero flag - set iff result was zero
ä SF - sign flag - set equal to msbit of result
ä AF - auxiliary flag
ä Used by decimal arithmetic instruction
ä Set iff there has been a carry from (or borrow to) the
low nibble to (from) the high nibble
ä CF - carry flag
ä For unsigned arithmetic => overflow
ä Set iff carry out of (or borrow into) the msbit of the
result
ä Can also be used in rotate instructions