A single monitor for ALL classic computers? youtube.com
A single monitor for ALL classic computers?Submitted by mike in retrocomputing
I'm watching and reading a ton of stuff about display options right now, as my Commodore 128 is going to come with a new set of requirements I haven't had to address before.
EdS wrote
And there's me thinking of machine code monitors... http://web.archive.org/web/20190330163039/https://plus.google.com/108984290462000253857/posts/DymSrTodM4W
mike OP wrote
At least the 128 has a machine code monitor built in, big step up there from the 64.
I remember for the longest time as a kid, I knew "machine code" was a thing, but I couldn't find a single answer to my first question - "where the hell do you type it in?"
EdS wrote
How did anyone find anything out... in my case, a monthly magazine, Practical Electronics, helped quite a bit. And then, later, Practical Computing. But then, my Compukit came with a few sheets of information including a pointer to the monitor, which is the most bare-bones monitor you could wish for. (Reset, run, then capital-M here: http://www.avoncliff.com/uk101/)
mike OP wrote
I think as a kid I had an over-inflated trust in some people. I remember asking a guy who worked at a computer shop where I bought games about how to start with machine code, which I'd seen a reference to in one of my books.
Looking back, I don't think he knew anything much and he confused me further. But in my mind he knew everything because HE HAD A SHOP!
I think that just led to a few more years of not pushing at the topic, until I was about 15 or so and actually met and spent time with someone who actually knew some stuff and who introduced me to the right tools for the job.