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Comment Re:True geek (Score 1) 287

Given that Woz's programming style at the time was to write down the machine instructions in hexadecimal on a sheet of paper and then key them in every time he wanted to run the program, I can see how he might have allowed a small inefficiency to slip in. On the other hand, maybe it was because he was avoiding some of the flaky instructions that didn't work correctly on the original 6502s.

Comment That's the way it works... (Score 4, Insightful) 48

Make outrageous proposal... when everyone howls, withdraw proposal.
Make outrageous proposal again... some people howl, others think "meh", withdraw proposal.
Make outrageous proposal again... a few people howl, a few people think "sounds reasonable", most think "meh", withdraw proposal.
Make outrageous proposal again... a few people think "sounds reasonable", most think "meh", implement proposal.

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