R_Leo_1

The closest that my university comes to assembly anymore is an embedded systems class that I teach.  We use 8-bit microcontrollers in the class (Intel MCS-51 compatibles), and we have the tools to program them in assembly, but I end up using C instead: the students are already familiar with C++, but most of them don't have any previous experience with assembly language programming, and we have too many other things to do in the class to be able to teach them.  We had a course on x86 assembly at one point—I took it as an undergraduate—but it hasn't been offered in many years.

COBOL bloody hell...  I thought we'd left that one for dead long ago.

Ah you're probably talking OOP iterations.

Don't get me wrong, I learnt COBOL myself at one point. FOXPRO was something I learnt when I was a kid but I've no need for those languages now.

Coding for old systems. Spectrum, Amstrad, Commodore 64, Amiga.

Um this is a brilliant idea. I wish there were some on the likes of Udemy and such.

I think there is an untapped market there. Having started to get the hang of 6502 I would like to learn more z80 and would snap up any opportunity for a crack at 68000. Which I say as 6 8,000 if you're wondering!

I recon some industrious person could do well with a dedicated platform for something like this. Sign up the tutors and set out the terms and give them

a decent back end and front end interface for uploading and working with their content.

*writes a Post-It Note

FWIW, I'm planning to write a (long-deferred) tutorial on Z80 assembly language programming this summer, using the Mattel Aquarius as the target platform.  The Aquarius is a relatively simple design, so the material should be easily adaptable to other Z80-based machines as well.