17 Apr
2009
17 Apr
'09
3 p.m.
On 17 Apr 2009, at 05:52, cctalk-request at classiccmp.org wrote:
Message: 8
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:29:09 +0100
From: Gordon JC Pearce <gordonjcp at gjcp.net>
Subject: Getting OT - Microcontrollers, was Re: Remapping the HP150
The PIC microcontroller is kind of designed to be easy
to program
in assembler to do simple control jobs. It's also about the only
CPU I
know of that's easier to program in assembler than C.
I find it easy to program my 'microcontroller' in machine code, though
mine weighs 5 tons. But it really is as basic as a microcontroller,
plus you program it in decimal unless you need to handle binary/hex/
octal data. It is not really possible to write a C compiler for it
anyway.