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What is the modern equivalent that kids can use today? Arduino?

• watersb 8y ago
  I am not qualified to answer, so here I go: If in the USA: Hack a TI-89 calculator. They are still 68K-based, are unfortunately inescapable bricks tied to mandated Maths curriculum, and have an active hacking community. I re-learned M68K programming via the Palm Pilot, which has a fun SDK clearly inspired by the Classic Macintosh. I would say that ARM programming can be as fun as 68K, so perhaps a Raspberry Pi to start. You can get closer to the glory days with ARM-M Arduino-like toys such as the Teensy. I haven’t done any assembly-level Arduino programming, so I don’t know what that feels like versus 68K. Lots of microcontrollers grew upwards out of the then-popular 8051, which does not feel the same to me. I got started on the Motorola 6809 CPU and the TRS-80 Color Computer. You could almost call it an 8-bit precursor to the M68K, it is limited but very nice design.
  • pjmlp 8y ago
    Yep, here is a possible starting point with ARM Assembly on the PI. https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/projects/raspberrypi/tutorials/os/introduction.html https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/projects/raspberrypi/tutorials/os/i...
  • HeyLaughingBoy 8y ago
    POKE 65495, 0 :-)