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... and wait for the computer to reboot every time you screw up ...

It can be a slow process with less 'instant gratification' than web programming.



Yes, that was one of the main problems when I was busy with this. I had a guitar footpedal switch wired to the reset button so I didn't have to dive under the desk all the time.

This was before the age of virtual machines on PCs. Getting it to become self hosting took about 6 months or so.


Bochs isn't particularly slow to boot :)


Not these days it isn't. People like this guy and Linus had nothing like that when they were working, though.


@derefr

It is compared to QEMU :)




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