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Comment by valeena | original | How did Woz write the Apple 1 BASIC before building the computer?
[−]valeena · 2026-11-15 Sun 03:11 UTC · link
Thanks for the answer! Wow, the Assembly from back then seems very different from today's - I'm learning it In uni currently. I'll have to ask my teacher
[−]mrandish · 2026-11-15 Sun 04:15 UTC · link
Oh, yeah... didn't even think of that. Sorry!

Since I was entirely self-taught on that first computer with zero prior education and no books other than the included manuals and a 6809 CPU reference card a very kind sales rep at Motorola mailed to me for free, I learned hex representation that way. It actually still seems a bit weird when I see other hex notations. :-)

[−]valeena · 2026-11-15 Sun 13:07 UTC · link
I believe it's not the first time I've read someone saying that a Motorola sales rep mailed them something like this! Also, nowadays you wouldn't associate Motorola to something computer related... I can remember Motorola phones being more popular before the smart phone era but something related to computer, nope
[−]mrandish · 2026-11-15 Sun 05:13 UTC · link
Here's the reference card I learned assembler from: https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/Documents/Datasheets/M...

I still have it in a box, as well as a working sample of the computer in my collection.

[−]valeena · 2026-11-15 Sun 13:18 UTC · link
I've sent it to my teacher along with the the link to the thread!! I know he had a C64 as first computer and from my quick search it wasn't that long after your Motorola... Bet he'll like that!!