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Comment by robotresearcher | original | How did Woz write the Apple 1 BASIC before building the computer?
[−]robotresearcher · 2026-11-15 Sun 05:15 UTC · link
It’s still available if you want to try it :)

Like blowing into a gourd is still available to a modern saxophonist.

[−]ssl-3 · 2026-11-15 Sun 05:24 UTC · link
Mmm. It's tempting. And I did write plenty of basic on paper in detention when I was young; that exercise certainly did force me to think in unusual ways.

But I think I'll stick to my LLMs and the fond memories of spending a few evenings sussing out resolute performance from an RP2040 PIO's whole-several assembly instructions. :)