We've got the odd bit of 8080, though (holds hands up!)

Neil


Good ol' 8080! (Or in my case, 8085!) Learned about undocumented opcodes there, programming a token vending machine for the NYC MTA. Intel ISIS-II! AEDIT! Debugging by studying the code! (Not to mention Steve's labels like "WIMPY ...

Welcome to 6502-land, where the air is fresh and clean...none of that nasty Z-80 pollution to be found anywhere. :D Hope Helene didn’t beat up you guys too badly.
Thanks for asking! Most of Helene's damage took place to the west of Winston-Salem. My sister in W-S got lots of rain and wind, we got ...

Rich here! (Name only!)
I was born and lived a good part of my life on Long Island, NY. I got a chance to learn Electronics Tech at Suburban Technical School, and FWIW, graduated at the top of my class. I guess being in my 30s gave me impetus!
At that point, I had 2 computers: a TS-1000 and a CoCo ...

By far my most common mistake writing assembly is neglecting a # in front of a literal (lda ff) or named constant (lda MAGIC_NUMBER),
so I end up with a memory reference instead of the intended immediate value.

Any tricks for getting the assembler or linker to help me detect these problems? For ...