This and GP: I do totally remember. Was a major pain but at the same time it felt like complete magic once you see the program running (even if, even for back then, it was often really bad). I didn't know how to program anything else than some BASIC yet, so it was a bit frustrating that these lines of data were just looking like random numbers, impossible for my 11 years old self to understand.
Now because I was a bit evil, when on summer camp (without my Atari 600 XL) I'd create small BASIC programs and mail them (snail mail, obviously) to my mom with accompanying instructions and SHE had to enter my program. Then I'd phone her and ask her what the program did : )
Now because I was a bit evil, when on summer camp (without my Atari 600 XL) I'd create small BASIC programs and mail them (snail mail, obviously) to my mom with accompanying instructions and SHE had to enter my program. Then I'd phone her and ask her what the program did : )