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Comment by mitxela | original | How did Woz write the Apple 1 BASIC before building the computer?
[−]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!