[stevekemp]

I suspect you might find more applicants if you focused on family - e.g. look for an x86 hacker, then a powerPC person, then a microcontroller person.

I'm not sure about American, but the Z80 was very very popular in the UK and Europe, being at the heart of the ZX Spectrum and other 8-bit home computers in the eighties (which is when I first got started, hacking games for infinite lives, and removing protection systems).

But either way good luck, it sounds like you're doing fascinating things though your niche is going to struggle it shouldn't be impossible. I know local people who comparable levels of low-level work A/V companies, and malware analysis.