>I didnt buy from ebay for the software, i got it for the programmer ;-)

OUF ... smart move. Wich programmer you get ?

>At the time i intended to use ASM, but i thought as i had it, i may as well try it.

you can have a free limited version of PBP there.
http://compilespot.com/startdemo.htm

May i suggest you MicroCode Studio (free version) as shell to put your code instead of CodeDesigner??

http://www.mecanique.co.uk/code-studio/index.html

regards