On Sunday, October 23, 2011 11:46 PM, "Chris McSweeny" wrote: > On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 5:40 AM, RussellMc wrote: > > FWIW - the eg MC6800 makes this easy. The 8080 makes it hard. The Z80 > > adds icing to the 8080 cake. >=20 > I presume it doesn't count if you started with assembly and hand > assembled to hex? I can't be the only person to start my low level > programming career with a ZX81, armed only with a manual and a hex > editor. Hello Brother! You're not the only one. I made an audio digital delay with one, using a ADC0820 A/D converter, a D/A like maybe the DAC0801 and an NE570 compandor for noise reduction. With a 64K third-party ram expansion. That's about all I remember about it. Cheers, Bob --=20 http://www.fastmail.fm - Choose from over 50 domains or use your own --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .