Re: Mystified by an Atari 2600 demo.

From	Randy Howard <rhoward.mx@EverybodyUsesIt.com>
Newsgroups	comp.programming
Subject	Re: Mystified by an Atari 2600 demo.
Date	2016-06-13 04:12 -0500
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On 6/11/16 11:00 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
> See if you can find a Heathkit microprocessor trainer on ebay with the
> manuals, and do the exercises in them.  When you're done with that
> you'll have a _much_ better idea of how things really worked in that
> era.

Nice to see this come up. Heathkit was a fantastic company back in the
day, I was very sad to see Zenith destroy them, although the death
slide really started with MS stole Gordon Letwin from them.

Built H8, H89, H150 systems, along with stereo amplifiers, ham radio
gear, CRT monitors and a color TV set from them over the years,
perhaps more I've forgotten. All great stuff, wonderfully well-
documented also.

Their self-paced home instruction course materials in electronics,
software development and related topics were all top grade also.

I first learned Z89 assembly under HDOS when I was around 13 years
old. No videos, no web site tutorials, just wonderfully written
learning textbooks with great exercises. The local user group
communities in cities with a Heathkit store in them were all
extremely helpful as well.

We'll never see the like of that again, I'm afraid.

-- 
Randy Howard
(replace the obvious text in the obvious way if you wish to contact me 
directly)

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Mystified by an Atari 2600 demo. Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2016-06-08 16:05 -0700
  Re: Mystified by an Atari 2600 demo. Kaz Kylheku <545-066-4921@kylheku.com> - 2016-06-08 23:51 +0000
    Re: Mystified by an Atari 2600 demo. Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2016-06-08 19:10 -0700
      Re: Mystified by an Atari 2600 demo. Kaz Kylheku <545-066-4921@kylheku.com> - 2016-06-09 04:18 +0000
  Re: Mystified by an Atari 2600 demo. Kaz Kylheku <545-066-4921@kylheku.com> - 2016-06-09 00:01 +0000
  Re: Mystified by an Atari 2600 demo. commodorejohn <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2016-06-09 09:47 -0700
  Re: Mystified by an Atari 2600 demo. "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-06-10 20:41 -0400
    Re: Mystified by an Atari 2600 demo. Daniel Pitts <usenet@coloraura.com> - 2016-06-11 12:47 -0700
      Re: Mystified by an Atari 2600 demo. "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-06-12 00:00 -0400
        Re: Mystified by an Atari 2600 demo. Daniel Pitts <usenet@coloraura.com> - 2016-06-12 21:08 -0700
        Re: Mystified by an Atari 2600 demo. Randy Howard <rhoward.mx@EverybodyUsesIt.com> - 2016-06-13 04:12 -0500

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