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Functional 16-bit CPU built and runs in Excel, 3Hz processor includes 128KB of RAM, 16-color display, and a custom assembly language (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] kozy138@lemm.ee 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Does that make Excel the operating system? Or is it the firmware/BIOS

[–] SteveTech@programming.dev 40 points 9 months ago

Excel would be emulating the silicon here

[–] x4740N@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

Excel would be closest to a virtual machine software in this case