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My favorite #trs80 feature was that it blasted enough EM that it would make noise on my bedroom radio. It got so I could often debug my programs sonically because I knew what different sections of the code sounded like when they ran. Loops were easy to spot.
@rafial that's amazing! debugging by sound. So cool! Now I want to know what my code sounds like. :D
@RebelMoogle sadly, stricter FCC regulations have deprived of this avenue.
@rafial maybe there'd be a way to emulate that. Make music out of code, but in a more literal(?) sense. :D
@RebelMoogle yeah, I was thinking about that. Maybe use something like a profiler or strace and mapping the tracing information into tone.s
