Don't .HEX files reverse the byte order for words?. I seem to recall
this is so, making a little-endian machine look big-endian and
vice-versa.

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> From:         John Payson[SMTP:supercat@MCS.NET]
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> Sent:         Friday, December 12, 1997 9:19 AM
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> Subject:      Re: [OT]Help with some hex. (Challenge)
>
> > It looks awfully like 8080 or Z80 code, to be honest, though I could
> be
> > wrong.
>
> If the opening part is a jump table (as was suggested) it would appear
> that
> the processor stores jump addresses in big-endian format (MSB first).
> If
> memory serves, the Z80 and 8080 are little-endian, which would rule
> them
> out.  Unfortunately, I just looked up the 68HC05 and 68HC11 and it
> doesn't
> appear to be either of those, nor is it the 8x51.  Maybe a National
> Cop8
> [running out of ideas...]
>