For one thing, it was very easy. As there were no protection mechanism in the 68000, you had direct access to all the hardware in your programs (basically, your

For one thing, it was very easy. As there were no protection mechanism in the 68000, you had direct access to all the hardware in your programs (basically, your programs ran in kernel mode). So you could bypass all the OS layer and program your coprocessors and graphical cards. With enough perseverance, a little documentation (that we found here and there) and a logical mind, it was very easy to produce cool things, even for a kid.