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[โ€“] geekworking@lemmy.world 37 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Look at mister fancy pants with and assembler.

How about entering straight opcode, operand with only a hex keypad and two pairs of 7 segment LEDs. You can only see one set of numbers at a time. You had to write it out on paper to be able to keep track and count positions so you don't use your spot.

I had to do this as a project in school. Two 8088 units that we breadboarded to a UART that we used to drive a fiber optic link to communicate with each other with a basic protocol. All descrete components hand wired and coded.

It made you tie all of skills together into a full system of hardware and software.

[โ€“] SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

Alright you and Joe McMillan had a great weekend we get it