[Coco] PICs and S-Video

[Alan Jones]

Hi Guys,
What is "AVR" out of curiousity?

Alan

Phill Harvey-Smith wrote:

> Quoting Mark Marlette <mark at cloud9tech.com>:
>
>> Chris,
>>
>> Go with an AVR, they are cheap, many choices under $5. Programmers 
>> are cheap.
>>
>> You understand 6809 assembly, picking up on the AVR... no problem for 
>> you.
>
>
> Yeah I'll definatly second that, looked at PICs and AVRs when I got 
> back into
> doing electronic stuff, and decided that PIC asm was horrible ! AVR is 
> much
> closer to 6809, plus there is also a free GCC implementation.
>
> Also don't be put off by the fact that the max PIC speed is 40MHz, and 
> AVR is
> 20MHz, I believe that the PICs internally devide that by 4 so it's 
> effectivly
> ony 10MHz.
>
> Just my 2 pence worth.....
>
> Phill.
>