No. It's how fucking idiots did it in those days.
Which is where we came in.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 3 Sep 2013, 21:45, 1 reply)

I resemble that remark.
Plus, I dispute your sporting credentials.

Plus, they used to publish hex programs in magazines. Have you never typed in a hex dump from a magazine? No? Then I win.
( Amish Information Systems hates misplaced, commas, Wed 4 Sep 2013, 9:45, closed)

I copied hex from sinclair user like any other nerd my age
That's just a (monumentally daft) way of distributing software. Actually writing the software in raw hex is a completely different thing. For fucking idiots.

And I've written several compilers and I've met Steve Vickers so I think my sporting credentials are OK.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 4 Sep 2013, 10:03, closed)