diff --git a/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/target/c64/codegen/assignment/AssignmentAsmGen.kt b/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/target/c64/codegen/assignment/AssignmentAsmGen.kt
index 466adc2b1..858043685 100644
--- a/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/target/c64/codegen/assignment/AssignmentAsmGen.kt
+++ b/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/target/c64/codegen/assignment/AssignmentAsmGen.kt
@@ -319,6 +319,52 @@ internal class AssignmentAsmGen(private val program: Program, private val asmgen
             return
         }
 
+        if(origTypeCastExpression.type == DataType.UBYTE) {
+            val parentTc = origTypeCastExpression.parent as? TypecastExpression
+            if(parentTc!=null && parentTc.type==DataType.UWORD) {
+                // typecast something to ubyte and directly back to uword
+                // generate code for lsb(value) here instead of the ubyte typecast
+                return assignCastViaLsbFunc(value, target)
+            }
+        }
+
+        if(valueDt==DataType.UBYTE) {
+            when(target.register) {
+                RegisterOrPair.A,
+                RegisterOrPair.X,
+                RegisterOrPair.Y -> {
+                    // 'cast' a ubyte value to a byte register; no cast needed at all
+                    return assignExpressionToRegister(value, target.register)
+                }
+                RegisterOrPair.AX,
+                RegisterOrPair.AY,
+                RegisterOrPair.XY,
+                in Cx16VirtualRegisters -> {
+                    // cast an ubyte value to a 16 bits register, just assign it and make use of the value extension
+                    return assignExpressionToRegister(value, target.register!!)
+                }
+                else -> {}
+            }
+        } else if(valueDt==DataType.UWORD) {
+            when(target.register) {
+                RegisterOrPair.A,
+                RegisterOrPair.X,
+                RegisterOrPair.Y -> {
+                    // cast an uword to a byte register, do this via lsb(value)
+                    // generate code for lsb(value) here instead of the ubyte typecast
+                    return assignCastViaLsbFunc(value, target)
+                }
+                RegisterOrPair.AX,
+                RegisterOrPair.AY,
+                RegisterOrPair.XY,
+                in Cx16VirtualRegisters -> {
+                    // 'cast' uword into a 16 bits register, just assign it
+                    return assignExpressionToRegister(value, target.register!!)
+                }
+                else -> {}
+            }
+        }
+
         // give up, do it via eval stack
         // TODO optimize typecasts for more special cases?
         // note: cannot use assignTypeCastedValue because that is ourselves :P
@@ -328,6 +374,14 @@ internal class AssignmentAsmGen(private val program: Program, private val asmgen
         assignStackValue(target)
     }
 
+    private fun assignCastViaLsbFunc(value: Expression, target: AsmAssignTarget) {
+        val lsb = FunctionCall(IdentifierReference(listOf("lsb"), value.position), mutableListOf(value), value.position)
+        lsb.linkParents(value.parent)
+        val src = AsmAssignSource(SourceStorageKind.EXPRESSION, program, asmgen, DataType.UBYTE, expression = lsb)
+        val assign = AsmAssignment(src, target, false, value.position)
+        translateNormalAssignment(assign)
+    }
+
     private fun assignTypecastedFloatFAC1(targetAsmVarName: String, targetDt: DataType) {
 
         if(targetDt==DataType.FLOAT)
diff --git a/examples/cx16/cube3d.p8 b/examples/cx16/cube3d.p8
index b16ba90ca..d4b8a3d37 100644
--- a/examples/cx16/cube3d.p8
+++ b/examples/cx16/cube3d.p8
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ main {
         uword anglex
         uword angley
         uword anglez
-        ubyte timer_jiffies
 
         repeat {
             rotate_vertices(msb(anglex), msb(angley), msb(anglez))
diff --git a/examples/cx16/datetime.p8 b/examples/cx16/datetime.p8
index fa89dc9df..d5e670846 100644
--- a/examples/cx16/datetime.p8
+++ b/examples/cx16/datetime.p8
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ main {
         repeat {
             c64.CHROUT(19)      ; HOME
             txt.print("\n yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:SS.jj\n\n")
-            cx16.clock_get_date_time()
+            void cx16.clock_get_date_time()
             c64.CHROUT(' ')
             print_date()
             c64.CHROUT(' ')
diff --git a/examples/test.p8 b/examples/test.p8
index e413c6eb8..473f85b6c 100644
--- a/examples/test.p8
+++ b/examples/test.p8
@@ -1,43 +1,13 @@
 %import test_stack
 %import textio
-%import floats
 %zeropage basicsafe
 %option no_sysinit
 
 main {
 
-
     sub start () {
 
-        uword cnt
-        ubyte ub
-
-
-        ; TODO differences between:
-
-        repeat cnt as ubyte {           ; TODO this goes via stack
-            ub++
-        }
-
-        repeat lsb(cnt) {           ; TODO this doesnt
-            ub++
-        }
-
-
-        ; TODO stack based evaluation for this function call even when it's inlined:
-        next_pixel((cnt as ubyte) + 30)
-
-
         test_stack.test()
 
     }
-
-
-    inline asmsub next_pixel(ubyte color @A) {
-        %asm {{
-            nop
-        }}
-    }
-
-
 }