diff --git a/src/devices/imagedev/harddriv.cpp b/src/devices/imagedev/harddriv.cpp
index 400fb1f8c6f..2d7933919fa 100644
--- a/src/devices/imagedev/harddriv.cpp
+++ b/src/devices/imagedev/harddriv.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "harddisk.h"
 #include "romload.h"
 
+#include "multibyte.h"
 #include "opresolv.h"
 
 
@@ -299,14 +300,14 @@ std::error_condition harddisk_image_device::internal_load_hd()
 			// check for 2MG format
 			if (!memcmp(header, "2IMG", 4))
 			{
-				skip = header[0x18] | (header[0x19] << 8) | (header[0x1a] << 16) | (header[0x1b] << 24);
+				skip = get_u32le(&header[0x18]);
 				osd_printf_verbose("harddriv: detected 2MG, creator is %c%c%c%c, data at %08x\n", header[4], header[5], header[6], header[7], skip);
 			}
 			// check for HDI format
 			else if (is_filetype("hdi"))
 			{
-				skip = header[0x8] | (header[0x9] << 8) | (header[0xa] << 16) | (header[0xb] << 24);
-				uint32_t data_size = header[0xc] | (header[0xd] << 8) | (header[0xe] << 16) | (header[0xf] << 24);
+				skip = get_u32le(&header[0x8]);
+				uint32_t data_size = get_u32le(&header[0xc]);
 				if (data_size == length() - skip)
 				{
 					osd_printf_verbose("harddriv: detected Anex86 HDI, data at %08x\n", skip);
diff --git a/src/devices/machine/mccs1850.cpp b/src/devices/machine/mccs1850.cpp
index bec74057501..4f390f05ac2 100644
--- a/src/devices/machine/mccs1850.cpp
+++ b/src/devices/machine/mccs1850.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 #include "emu.h"
 #include "mccs1850.h"
 
+#include "multibyte.h"
+
 //#define VERBOSE 0
 #include "logmacro.h"
 
@@ -158,10 +160,7 @@ inline uint8_t mccs1850_device::read_register(offs_t offset)
 	case REGISTER_COUNTER_LATCH:
 	case REGISTER_COUNTER_LATCH+3: // Required by the NeXT power on test
 		// load counter value into latch
-		m_ram[REGISTER_COUNTER_LATCH] = m_counter >> 24;
-		m_ram[REGISTER_COUNTER_LATCH + 1] = m_counter >> 16;
-		m_ram[REGISTER_COUNTER_LATCH + 2] = m_counter >> 8;
-		m_ram[REGISTER_COUNTER_LATCH + 3] = m_counter;
+		put_u32be(&m_ram[REGISTER_COUNTER_LATCH], m_counter);
 		break;
 
 	case REGISTER_TEST_1:
@@ -247,7 +246,7 @@ inline void mccs1850_device::write_register(offs_t offset, uint8_t data)
 
 TIMER_CALLBACK_MEMBER(mccs1850_device::advance_seconds)
 {
-	uint32_t alarm = (m_ram[REGISTER_ALARM_LATCH] << 24) | (m_ram[REGISTER_ALARM_LATCH + 1] << 16) | (m_ram[REGISTER_ALARM_LATCH + 2] << 8) | m_ram[REGISTER_ALARM_LATCH + 3];
+	uint32_t alarm = get_u32be(&m_ram[REGISTER_ALARM_LATCH]);
 
 	m_counter++;