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Comment by euroderf | original | How did Woz write the Apple 1 BASIC before building the computer?
[−]euroderf · 2026-11-15 Sun 07:23 UTC · link
Just having an assembler - the first and fundamental productivity tool for whatever chunk of hardware it was that you had on your table - was an incredible step upward. That and persistent storage, even if it was Mom & Dad's cassette recorder.