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Comment by asdefghyk | original | How did Woz write the Apple 1 BASIC before building the computer?
[−]asdefghyk · 2026-11-15 Sun 08:08 UTC · link
I actually wire wrapped the 68008 chip with some buffer chips on a Apple 2 wire wrapping protoyping board. From recollection (<< probably wrong) the 68008 chip was enormous - about 10cm long and 2cm? wide. Back in the 80s I dreamed of getting the DTACK grounded 68000 board advertised in Byte Magazine ... but it was always "..a bit expensive for me ..."