I remember programming in computer repair class,
we used the old Z80 cpu with just an alphanumeric
keyboard with a ribbon cable to the MB and
the old blue alphanumeric vacuum fluorescent display
using hex code, cpu instrucitons, accumulator register,
BC register, and all those other little wierdo registers.
then we moved on to using CPM.
then dos--eww.
On Sat, 30 Sep 2000, Austin L. Denyer wrote:
> It also helps for programming. Those of us who can remember programming in
> raw hex using a 25-key keypad with a 7-segment LED display on a machine with
> only a few kilobytes of RAM know the importance of tight code. A lot of
> today's programmers wouldn't believe the applications we could write in a
> few kilobytes. Also, the tight code ran so much faster than today's
> bloatware...
>
> Oh well.
>
> Regards,
> Ozz.
