From: bencollver@tilde.pink   
      
   On 2025-02-25, Salvador Mirzo  wrote:   
   > I never used DOS as a programmer, so it wasn't nostalgic to me, but I   
   > enjoyed seeing how simpler things were back then and how programs like   
   > debug could help you to see what was going on.  I was reading about 6502   
   > assembly recently and I became very interested in getting closer to that   
   > simplicity.  The booklet author remarked that modern x86 assembly isn't   
   > really meant for programmers, but compilers.  I had never really thought   
   > of that, but it made a lot of sense to me.  So maybe I should indeed   
   > look into an older, simpler machine to enjoy the low level of things.   
      
   To validate your post: I think some C=64 retro-enthusiasts who have   
   never touched a real C=64, and the same can be said of other 8-bit   
   platforms.  Once for fun i wrote a program for the ZX Spectrum, and i   
   did not have access to the real hardware. Though i can remember   
   tinkering with a Timex Sinclair 1000.   
      
   For that matter, 8bitworkshop supports both C=64 and ZX Spectrum   
   development in corporate web browsers.   
      
   http://8bitworkshop.com/   
      
   See also:   
      
   https://x64.halb.it/   
      
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