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- technology@lemmy.zip
- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.zip
I was definitely a Commodore kid, and BASIC was my first language. Maybe it’s nostalgia, but I still like BASIC for hobby stuff.
I was definitely a Commodore kid, and BASIC was my first language. Maybe it’s nostalgia, but I still like BASIC for hobby stuff.
I remember typing in BASIC programs from printed magazines. That’s how I got my start.
I bought a year’s subscription to Timex Sinclair User, which folded like four months later.
I recall my dad bought a book with VIC 20 games printed. And you bet I typed them all in. And then had to debug them.
It wasn’t this one but it was very similar: https://archive.org/details/games-for-your-vic-20/page/28/mode/1up
And this book came with the computer and taught me how to code: https://archive.org/details/VIC-20_An_Introduction_to_BASIC_Part_1/mode/1up
Such fun memories. And now I’m CEO of a software company haha.
Same. It kinda spiraled out of control
I used to write them on a Smith Corona correctable typewriter because we didn’t have a PC at home and then bring them into school to type in in the computer lab after school for computer club
Same here! ZX spectrum.