[geeks] microcontroller stuff

[James Sharp]

> I agree. Motorola 68xx is a great place to start. Nice, simple assembly
> and plentiful parts. Do you know any assembly, Bill? PICs are very nice
> and *dirt* *cheap*, but the assembly language is strange enough I
> wouldn't recommend them for a beginner.

Get yourself a C compiler, then.  Several people have released GPL
programmers, compilers, and assemblers.

http://www.gnupic.org/