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So I can see how you can debug BASIC when you're doing the magazine thing and it doesn't run. But what about hex...how did people even find where they made had
by bananabat 5y ago
So I can see how you can debug BASIC when you're doing the magazine thing and it doesn't run. But what about hex...how did people even find where they made had typos?
- redis_mlc 5y agoMost probably gave up on the hex listings if there were typos, but I never typed that in - it was all ASM or BASIC. I think it's important to realize that there was a golden age of early personal computing, but for most people it wasn't the first couple of years of toggle switches, very limited RAM and hex. Unlike Raspberry Pi's, the early PC was a standalone device that needed a usable UI before it had widespread appeal.