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Only very, very early system bootstrapping stuff. Beyond that, most software was written on the machines themselves. Like this guy, who is also on HN

http://www.atariarchives.org/deli/cottage_computer_programmi...




Thank you for that reference. Paul Lutus is a childhood hero.


He wrote a cool book about sailing, also. I read it in q3 last year, then quit my job and did an atlantic crossing in november. I am now cottage programming.




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