At 10:35 PM 16/10/97 -0400, you wrote:
>At 09:04 PM 10/16/97 -0500, you wrote:
>>> Does anyone use ATMEL 8051 type clones?  Any thoughts on using them versus
>>> another 8051 manufacturer?  Thanks.
>>
>>As far as I can tell, the Atmel 8x51 clones are indistinguishable from other
>>clones save only for the ability to reprogram them.  Since the cost is often
>>not far from OTP's, and is much less than window parts, I think Atmel 8x51's
>>have a lot going for them, save only for that goofy instruction set [remem-
>>ber which list you're posting to... >:*3]
>
>I know, I know :)  That's why I posted to the Off topic section!  I want to
>experiment a little and Atmel seems like a good deal.  Free programming
>software, a schematic for making a parallel port programmer, and EE stylr
>parts.  Too bad they don't have more code, but that can be found elsewhere.

89C55 has 20 KB flash
89S8252 has 8KB flash + 2KB data EEPROM and is serially reprogrammable

we have found a pretty useful free Pascal-51 compiler if somebody
wants to get get fast into Atmel 51 parts

ftp://sistudio.com/atmel/pascal51

antti

http://avrbasic.com         -- AVR Basic Compiler
http://sistudio.com/bswfe   -- Basic Stamp Windows Front End