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Re:The Z80's feature discovered after 40 years [video] by kazinator on Monday October 17, 2022 @05:26PM (#33239711)
> If only I had had the internet ...

I joined the fray later, in the early 1980's. I had access to public libraries, computer magazines like Byte and Creative Computing, computer stores with software, books and magazines, dial-up BBSes, computer expo events, enthusiast meet ups and swap meets, ...

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Re:The Z80's feature discovered after 40 years [video] by kazinator on Monday October 17, 2022 @07:44PM (#33241103)
Though knowing what an assembler is didn't translate to easily getting one.

I used an interactive instruction-at-a-time assembler inside the Apple II+ ROM. This was a small level above entering hex. MS-DOS had a similar facility in DEBUG.COM.

Eventually I got my hands on a copy of Randy Hyde's LISA (Laser-Systems Interactive Symbolic Assembler), and was able to make larger, more complex programs.

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