I wouldn't quite say motivated - we had no choice. You either wrote and debugged the 8085 assembly on paper before you ran it on the board, or you didn't do it

I wouldn't quite say motivated - we had no choice. You either wrote and debugged the 8085 assembly on paper before you ran it on the board, or you didn't do it at all :) While I understand (and respect) the sentiment, having gone through much the same, I wouldn't disparage something being newbie-friendly. That isn't necessarily a bad thing. Edit: s/play down/disparage