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Do you remember my journey down the 8-bit computing rabbit hole?
Well… if you are going to do something for fun like designing an upgraded 1976 CPU and writing a 1979 personal computer operating system, you might as well go all the way and write the accompanying book too, in the matching late-1970s style.
I read a lot of fan fiction in my free time, but I don’t recall ever seeing much fan non-fiction. Copying the style of the Inside the ____ book series was fun too, including designing and drawing the cover.
Plus below is the 1970s style Apple advertisement which is included inside the book.
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What is the point of all this? I’d say 90% this was a hobby project, giving me something to think about to get my mind off of work, when I needed to get my mind off of work. But the other 10% is the continued lesson that it is important to question assumptions, to question whether there are better solutions, and to keep innovating.
UPDATE: April 2024
Woz has a signed copy of the book, signed by me, and I have a signed copy of the book too, signed by him. Thanks Woz!
UPDATE: MAY 2024
And a second copy of the book signed by Bill Mencsh, one of the fathers of the 6502!