> Personally I've started with straight machine codes, never mind assembly. Me too - the first computer I used was an IBM Schools Computer. This was a thing a

> Personally I've started with straight machine codes, never mind assembly. Me too - the first computer I used was an IBM Schools Computer. This was a thing a bit like an Apple I or something, but it had no assembler, no editor, no OS. To load a program, you typed it directly into memory in hex. I think (this was a long time ago) it contained an 8080. It had a TV output, and an integrated keyboard with flat membrane "keys". There was no storage - you had to copy stuff off the screen using a pencil and paper. I expect it cost a small fortune. [Edit] Apparently it wasn't an 8080, and it didn't take input/produce output in hex - it used decimal. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2kMIqdfyT8kC&pg=PA242&lpg=PA242&dq=%22ibm+schools+computer%22&source=bl&ots=Mn5urgJCCG&sig=ACfU3U2z6ozWe3Ap4ZkbarXywvKTxMh-pA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjX_5fEran0AhVJ-qQKHUMYBnIQ6AF6BAgnEAM#v=onepage&q=%22ibm%20schools%20computer%22&f=false https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2kMIqdfyT8kC&pg=PA242&lp... I can't find much info about that thing.