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NewsHow I coded in 1985 Pin
Terrence Dorsey29-Apr-13 13:14
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My job was to write the software in 6502 assembly. Unfortunately, there wasn't an assembler and the KIM-1 just had a hex keypad and small display. So, it meant writing the code by hand, hand assembling and typing it in. The code looked like this...
Running code in your head is perhaps the most crucial of all skills for a software developer.
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