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		reanimus on Nov 29, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Wozmon for x86-64 It's the boot ROM that came with the Apple I. It was pretty big for the time given that in those days, computers didn't come with flash, so you had to bootstrap programs with dip switches and the like. The Apple I came with wozmon on ROM, which provided a (VERY) minimal prompt to edit/view memory and run programs from it.

coldpie on Nov 29, 2023 [–]

> so you had to bootstrap programs with dip switches and the like

For more on this, check out this amazing series of videos from deramp5113 about the Altair 8800: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0c...

(Also available on archive.org: https://archive.org/search?query=altair+8800&sort=title&and%... )

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