hi all,

i've just started programming the pic - i've got the led's lit up
etc etc now moving on to bigger & better things..

a couple of questions regarding common practice :

-       i started off assigning my own registers just using
        CTR     EQU     20h
        (for example)
        what i meant was i wanted to use address 20h
        now is it usual to use the 'DS' command to do this
        kind of thing? i.e.
                ORG     20h
        CTR     DS      1
                ORG     21h
        CTR2    DS      1

        i'm kinda unsure about the direct/indirect addressing..

-       say i want a small buffer (i.e. maybe 12/16 bits) - i do this
                ORG     30h
        BUFFER  DS      16

        now how do i get at this buffer? i know i can do BUFFER+<offset>
        but i want to use 'a variable' for the offset, increment it,
        etc etc as i would in a high level language...

        i thought of having another memory location holding a 'pointer'
        to my buffer and then incrementing/decrementing this - but
        trying to implement this seems kinda unnecessarily complex..

any tips? i guess i'm still thinking high level language...

thanks

nishant
ISE III BEng
Incremental Sanity Erosion at Imperial College