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At times it is easy to get wrapped up in following the latest technology trends, startups, funding and anything else related to emerging technologies in the semiconductor industry. Sure these things are interesting and often can be precursors as to where the industry might be heading, but just as important and interesting is it at times to delve into the details of bygone days, to dig up some interesting problems, solutions, and occasion some very entertaining history. If assembly language is one of your favorite past-times, then you are likely to get a kick out of pagetable.com, a blog maintained by Michael Steil and Sebastian Biallas, related to assembly language, tricks, trivia and puzzles, and on some very interesting articles. Case in point is the latest entry about Bill Gates’ potential Personal Easter Eggs in 8 Bit BASIC. This entry is not a simplye rumor, but rather a very well researched and detailed examination of Microsoft BASIC’s history on many different platforms, including Altair, 6502, Apple, Atari, and Commodore. Michael even throws in some assembly code that show how the Easter Egg was implemented. The article is a pleasure to read, full of history and nostalgia, and brings me back to my Atari and Commodore days - which are very much the reason why I ended up in the semiconductor industry in the first place. There are several other very interesting articles as well as puzzles that can be quite challenging if assembly is not your forte or if you are rusty like me. Anyhow, if you have some spare time, abut don’t feel like wasting it mingling with your co-workers in the company 's break room, give this blog a look and indulge in some computer archeology.
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