make and friends was Re: [Coco] CCASM for Linux

KnudsenMJ at aol.com KnudsenMJ at aol.com
Tue Dec 14 01:03:27 EST 2004



In a message dated 12/13/04 10:50:46 PM Eastern Standard Time,
wdg3rd at comcast.net writes:

6809
assembly did give position independent code, the only "8-bit" (to my
mind as 8-bit as the 8088 -- 16 bit guts, 8-bit outside) cpu that had
that capability.



Yep, that's what I've been saying for years about our favorite "little" CPU
-- a 16-bit machine trapped in an 8-bit body. The Hitachi 6309 is even more
so.
--Mike K.




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