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Comment by flopsamjetsam | original | How did Woz write the Apple 1 BASIC before building the computer?
[−]flopsamjetsam · 2026-11-15 Sun 03:35 UTC · link
> CALL -151

I haven't seen that in a long time! Young me was too young to understand 2s complement arithmetic, or that addresses would wrap around. I just thought it was some kind of magic.