diff -r 000000000000 -r ee60ce4d8af5 c++/rgb-assembler/rgb-assembler.cpp
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/c++/rgb-assembler/rgb-assembler.cpp	Thu Dec 21 13:30:54 2017 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <wchar.h>
+#include <locale.h>
+#include <cstring>
+
+using namespace std;
+
+typedef uint16_t address_t;
+typedef uint8_t command_t;
+
+const address_t MEMORY_SIZE = 1024;
+
+const command_t CMD_GOTO = 100;
+const command_t CMD_SLEEP = 101;
+const command_t CMD_END = 102;
+
+command_t readCommand(command_t (&memory)[MEMORY_SIZE], const address_t index) {
+	// TODO: map higher memory to static hardcoded areas or peripherals
+	return memory[index];
+}
+
+void writeMemoryChar(command_t (&memory)[MEMORY_SIZE], const address_t index, const int value) {
+	memory[index] = value;
+}
+
+void writeMemoryChar(command_t* memory[], const address_t index, const command_t value) {
+	*memory[index] = value;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
+
+	setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
+
+
+	command_t memory[MEMORY_SIZE] = {
+		CMD_SLEEP,
+		CMD_SLEEP,
+		CMD_SLEEP,
+		CMD_END,
+	};
+	address_t memorySize = sizeof (memory) / sizeof (*memory);
+
+
+	for (address_t i = 0; i < memorySize; i++) {
+		command_t ch = readCommand(memory, i);
+		wprintf(L"command %d = %d\n", i, ch);
+
+		string command;
+
+		switch (ch) {
+			case CMD_GOTO:
+				command.append("GOTO");
+				break;
+			case CMD_SLEEP:
+				command.append("SLEEP");
+				break;
+			case CMD_END:
+				command.append("END");
+				i = memorySize;
+				break;
+
+		}
+
+		if (!command.empty()) {
+			wprintf(L"\t%s\n", command.c_str());
+		}
+	}
+
+
+
+	wprintf(L"all done\n");
+	return 0;
+}
+