I don't know much about the 6502.  The Z80 had some 16 bit operations that were little 
endian.  Does the 6502 not have any 16 bit operations?

Even if you have not native 16 bit operations you might need to work with data from 
other systems.

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From: Adam Thornton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 10:03 AM
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Subject: Re: big and little endian


On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 11:44, Wolfe, Gordon W wrote:
> Ah, yes, but when you look at a NUMBER, whether it be base-2, base-10 or base-16, 
> you tend to look at it with the MOST significant digit on the LEFT.  It depends 
> entirely upon whether you're looking at it as a NUMBER or as the contents of a 
> STRING OF ADDRESSES.

You know, we didn't have to worry about this with the 6502.

Adam

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