24 Nov
2025
24 Nov
'25
1:32 a.m.
On 24/11/2025 9:57 am, Tony Duell via cctalk wrote:
When I started out in computing, the typical home
micros (PET, TRS-80,
Apple ][, and later BBC micro, Spectrum, and also the original IBM PC,
XT, AT) machines were simple enough that even I could understand them.
Simple enough that a student in Helsinki could write a complete UNIX-
compatible operating system for it. :)
Julf