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by ataylor284_ 1111 days ago
Woz's software is fun to read if you like 6502 assembly. Wozmon and Apple II Integer BASIC are great, but my favorite is Sweet16. It's a 6502 program that implements a virtual 16-bit CPU in about 300 bytes. It's a step between the tedious 8-bit limitations of the 6502 and and a fully interpreted environment like BASIC and was part of the Apple II ROMs. Nobody really wanted a slower ML or a more difficult, faster BASIC but it's a brilliant bit of code.