plasmo wrote:
We in 6502.org should take pride in coaching an eager beginner from scratch to this level of accomplishment in 8 months.
Indeed! I could not have done it without y'all. Bill, you in particular were very helpful, especially with debugging V1. That moment was the pivot point for me. From there on, I had a working model, and have followed it ever since.
I have had much encouragement from the folks here on the forum, and lots of learning along the way. I am y'all's apprentice, I still am, but I hope to become a journeyman some day. And who knows, I might eventually rise to master status. Shoot for the stars to hit the moon.
BigEd wrote:
Good point about the difference between the ancient and modern meanings of "build" - it shows the need for an extra little bit of communication. I suspect we often see a phrase like "from scratch" used, to try to indicate that there's something deeper going on, in our sense.
It is a hard saying. I have tried different approaches. Build a computer: "from little chips", "from scratch", "by hand". "Homemade computer". I've tried "retro computer" but that is a vague term as well and sometimes makes it seem like it is not as difficult. The most questions I got from students yesterday actually were "how did you make that green board". I told them I had it printed, but they think 3D printing and that I myself had a machine that did that sort of thing. When I told them someone else printed it, they thought I didn't design it or something.
Communication is very strange, it is hard to talk to folks who are so far removed from the field. I guess that is similar to math sometimes. "How did you solve that algebra problem?" You can say things like "combine like terms" or "common denominator" or "quadratic formula" but those are phrases outsiders don't know much about. You can show them every step to solve for x, but because it gets so lengthy, people turn off quickly. Same thing in every field I suppose.
Thanks again, everyone!
Chad