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Comment by dlcarrier | original | How did Woz write the Apple 1 BASIC before building the computer?
[−]dlcarrier · 2026-11-15 Sun 06:22 UTC · link
…and then you accidentally type 'O' instead of '0' when entering it, and it doesn't work.
[−]mitxela · 2026-11-15 Sun 06:29 UTC · link
If you even had that button on your keyboard.

Apple 1 users had a keyboard. But its developers may have been using a hex keypad, or an array of toggle switches.

[−]skeeter2020 · 2026-11-15 Sun 15:28 UTC · link
When I see old photos of the toggle switch arrays my finger pads start to ache in sympathy!
[−]fy20 · 2026-11-15 Sun 06:53 UTC · link
Using a slashed zero when writing was common for this reason. The BBC Micro even had that instead of unslahsed 0 on its keyboard.