Me too, although it was maybe 26 years ago. Learning autoconf/automake served me well, as I ended up working on embedded firmware on ISDN cards using the MC683

Me too, although it was maybe 26 years ago. Learning autoconf/automake served me well, as I ended up working on embedded firmware on ISDN cards using the MC68302 and i960 for a couple of years, and the experience meant that building and setting up a cross compiler and build roots from scratch were a relatively easy step forward.