>   I'm of two minds about it - it does contain a lot of info, and the
> projects are OK.  Some of his programming philosophies seem just bizarre
> to me, though.  At one point, he says ( in essense, I don't have the
> book anymore ), that you should just use absolute mode, because
> relocatable mode is too much of a pain.  I can't for the life of me
> understand why - relocatable mode is FAR easier to manage, especially
> when building more complex projects.

I have the book as well, and appreciated it a lot for its hardware
shortcuts to things that take considerable effort in software, as well
as the low level information on how to interface with a wide range of
devices. It is true that the part on programming is quite inferior to
the part about the electronics, though I don't recall reading the part
about absolute mode. I was a bit taken aback by his appreciation of
the $ symbol for gotos. I myself don't hesitate using goto $+1 (for a
delay of two cycles that costs only one instruction) goto $ (for an
eternal loop) and goto $-1 (for small delays using incfsz or decfsz),
as I limit myself to 16F devices. But Myke happily used goto $-13 and
goto $+7, which to me would get you into trouble quite quickly, once
you start removing/adding instructions.

But again, I did learn a lot from this book and his webpages, although
the 16F84A was a severe disappointment.

Greetings,
Maarten Hofman.

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