We knew what we knew, by reading programming magazines, books, or joining some local club.
The more lucky ones could eventually connect to some BBS, assuming they could also cover the costs of long distance calls most of the time.
You really had to account for how many bytes and cycles the programming was taking if doing any performance relevant application.
However if that wasn't that relevant, it was still possible to deliver applications in more higher level languages.
We knew what we knew, by reading programming magazines, books, or joining some local club.
The more lucky ones could eventually connect to some BBS, assuming they could also cover the costs of long distance calls most of the time.
You really had to account for how many bytes and cycles the programming was taking if doing any performance relevant application.
However if that wasn't that relevant, it was still possible to deliver applications in more higher level languages.