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< how did you start dev (for those who do)?

~inquiry

Respective Wikipedia entries say the MOS 6502 was introduced in 1975, the Intel 8085 in 1976.

Another key processor for me (due to being in the Commodore 64) was the MOS 6510.

(MOS was apparently created by former Motorola employees.)

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~tffb wrote (thread):

I missed the C64 boat when I was younger. I mentioned (in an e-mail to you, I think) that the folks were averse to computers in general, let alone spending *their* money on such a thing when all they did was "crunch numbers" and "make you dumb".

They also avoided reading books other than those "by" King James (hint), which is likely why I became such a literary snob at 12, and an obsessive writer (textural escape artist) at 8 years old. Didn't wanna go their route in life. haha.