That's what he said. Though a limit of 1K for everything would still put a severe crimp on things. I've not coded for the 6800, but I understand the 68HC11 is very similar except for the addition of a second index register and a few new instructions. Not sure exactly which HC11 instructions were new, though. One interesting contrast between the 6800 and the 6502 is that the latter uses 16-bit address stored in memory with an 8-bit register displacement; the former uses a 16-bit register address and an 8-bit displacement stored in the code.
I see that now that I actually read the post...
Anyway, terminal games can be fun - it just depends on your perspective. My father took me to work a couple of times when I was really small, I'd say it was '76 or '77 if I had to guess. I played some simple games on a dumb terminal, then printed my name in big letters and a maze on a teletype. I thought it was lots of fun. But then again, our expectations were low back then.
Thanks for the explanations.
I thought the altair could be used alone but it needs a terminal to get it to work. I was not sure what I read about this topic.