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KIM-1

A collection of 3 posts

Almost primes with TinyBASIC on the KIM-1 clone: PAL-1

Almost primes with TinyBASIC on the KIM-1 clone: PAL-1

Bill Gates has been a controversial figure in the Computer World for 50 years now. Back in 1976, he famously (infamously?) wrote a letter bemoaning what he saw as rampant piracy of BASIC. Micro Soft was selling their version of BASIC, which is quite good for a whopping $150. This

64 Bit Addition and Products on Commodore: The Wheat and Chessboard problem

64 Bit Addition and Products on Commodore: The Wheat and Chessboard problem

Dealing with large numbers in computing has been an attractive problem area for a long time. Using an average calculator might lead you to believe that it's too tricky for most applications. 0:00/1×But it's not that difficult. And to prove it, we're going to implement this calculation

Fibonacci 1-10 on the KIM-1 (and clones)

Fibonacci 1-10 on the KIM-1 (and clones)

Sometimes there's an absolute joy in doing something the hard way to REALLY understand what's happening. I struggled (still struggle) with wrapping my mind around using the display on the KIM-1. The best way (for me anyway) to be motivated to learn something is to have an outcome in mind