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		AlexCoventry on March 25, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Getting started with bare-metal assembly I learned assembly on a TRS-80 Color Computer (6809 CPU.) Interactions with the machine were fairly straightforward.

Sindisil on March 25, 2020 [–]

The 6809 was a joy to program in assembly language. I enjoyed some aspects of Z80, and loved the puzzle of getting things done with 1802 and 6502, but 6809 was, for me, the sweet spot.

osullivj on March 26, 2020 | [–]

Two stack pointers, one for call/return, the other for push pop data.

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