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On 16/01/12 20:38, Gordon Henderson wrote: > On Mon, 16 Jan 2012, Rob Beard wrote: > >> I figured something like the 6502 would probably be well documented >> these days and I'm sure I can probably find a book on it. I want to >> learn something simple so I thought 8-Bits would be a good start :-) > > The 6502 is so well documented that someone has done this: > > http://visual6502.org/JSSim/ > > Come back when you know the difference between Indexed Indirect and > Indirect Indexed addressing :-) > > You might want to look at AVR (Arduino) though - relatively cheap to > get into with a "proper" :) assembler and C compiler. The AVR > instruction set is quite nice and easy on the eyes too... > > I have to say though - it's just too easy to jump to C... The C > compilers for the 8-bit chips really are quite good - I did a lot of > PIC stuff using SDCC which took away all the hassles of it's > bank-switched nastiness... > > Then again, Atari asteroids was coded in under 8KB of 6502 assembler... > > Gordon > > Neat, this is something that would make a good talk at a lug meet or similar as I don't really understand how to use this properly Paul -- -- http://www.zleap.net http://www.ubuntu.com skype : psutton111 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq