MPASM has a DW directive that allows TWO bytes to be packed into a single word
of instruction memory.  The DATA directive packs strings 2 to a word.

My experience is limited to the 16C84, but for the life of me I can't see how
it's possible to ever access that data!  Is there a Harvard bypass I don't
know about?  Also, exactly how are two 8-bit characters stored in one 14-bit
word?  I realize that there are several possibilities here, but what does it
actually do?

If I were to create a string like this:

msg     DATA    "Hello, world!", 0x00

And, assuming I had a subroutine putchar that could output the character in W,
then someone please tell me how I could write a routine that would use putchar
to display msg?  Or is that possible only with the "big" PICs?

Thanks,
--Jeff
Pipkins@bangate.compaq.com

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