[Coco] Disk controller summary?

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James

I am kind of partial to some of the Motorola/Freescale processors. 
The HC11/12 in particular. Mainly I worked with them at work for 
several years and am intimately familiar with them.  

The HC11/12 are plentiful and code snippets from robotic groups 
abound the internet. There is even a free IDE with assembler 
interface. There is a SBASIC which is free and an IDE for it. There 
is free debuggers and all sorts of tools for the HC11/12.

Also did not hurt when I worked for Motorola that I got samples 
when I wanted either. All the literature and even a few EVBs that 
were lifted from the scrap pile from completed or dead projects. 

The HC12 is a real nice processor. Not as fully functional as some 
of the AVRs, but if you are good at assembly for the 6809, then the 
HC12 assembly is a snap to learn. There is a great deal of similarity 
in the instruction set. 

james

On 9 Mar 2005 at 20:01, James Dessart wrote:

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> On 9-Mar-05, at 6:56 PM, Jim Cox wrote:
> 
> > Thanks for the insight.  If the PLL could be replicated, then
> > couldn't a PIC be used?  Even though I am a Motorola fanatic, I
> > would use a PIC since there are better/cheaper developement tools
> > out there.
> 
> AVRs tend to have built in PCM modules, as well as analog inputs. At
> least in the ATmega series. They're handy for all sorts of things.
> 
> James
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