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Comment by generuso | original | How did Woz write the Apple 1 BASIC before building the computer?
[−]generuso · 2026-11-15 Sun 04:00 UTC · link
In case of Wozniak, he had access to a commercial programmer at work.

Some people did burn the code into electrically programmable PROMs completely by hand, using just a power supply, some wires and switches. Anyone could do this at home, but it was extremely tedious even for a tiny 256 byte chip.