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Re: [LUG] A slice of Pi gets closer...

 

On 16/01/12 20:55, Gordon Henderson wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Jan 2012, paul sutton wrote:
>
>> 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...
>>
>> 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
>
> How to use what properly?
>
> If you mean Arduino, then don't look at me ...
>
> I do use it properly - which is by using Makefiles and pure C - none of
> this Java based IDE and C++ they supply it with ;-)
>
> ... then again, we need to get more people to a meet, and at a location
> where it's possible to give a half decent talk and demo ...
>
> Gordon
>


I agree,    I am working on something not quite lug related at the
moment,  If what I want to do / have suggested is approved then I may be
able to get a decent venue at some point.



Paul

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