On Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:08:44 -0600, cavelamb
wrote:

I'd run the complete opposite direction, Tim.

What projects like this need is a Kim-1 with a BASIC interpreter in ROM,
along with a P-coded application (also in ROM).

Man, I thought the same thing after his first post. Kim-1 or AIM-65.
Programmable in BASIC, FORTH, PASCAL or assembler.