On 19 Dec 2003 at 12:57, Bennett Oprysa wrote:

> have you ever written a line of code in your life?

lda #<text
   ldy #>text
   jsr $ab1e ; ROM message out routine
   rts
text  .text "HELLO BENNETT!"
   .byte $0d,$00


Still works on my trusty C64 'cos I just TESTED it.