” Had to program them in machine language.”
Altair? Remember BYTE magazine? Remember 300 baud?
I remember it all. Started playing with the Intel 4004 first. I was designing electronics back in those days, but couldn’t put a microprocessor into a product until the RCA 1802 came out. Our stuff had to operate in harsh environments, and that was the first one that had the power and temperature specs we needed.
Yes, Yes, and Yes.