Learning to Program, 1980 style

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Learning to Program, 1980 style

Postby Davester » Wed Mar 02, 2016 3:14 pm

I was at the Personal Computer Museum a couple of months back and was showing my kids my amazing programming* skills.

(*Fnck you, it's "programming", not "coding"...)

10 Print "My name is Dave"
20 Goto 10

Anyways, I might be show my age but if anyone want's a refresher coarse, check out these free PDFs from Usborne!

http://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/2016/0 ... free-pdfs/

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Re: Learning to Program, 1980 style

Postby jasonec » Wed Mar 02, 2016 3:47 pm

My only comment about those resources is that they are incredible BASIC......;-)
Donkey Kong, Burgertime, Galaga, Pac-man, Ms.Pac-man, Missile Command, Robotron, Dig Dug, Space Invaders, Arkanoid, Tempest, Raiden, Tetris
http://goo.gl/UW7e9L

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Re: Learning to Program, 1980 style

Postby jasonec » Fri Mar 04, 2016 4:12 pm

On a related note, if you want to learn how to program, this is the only reference you need:

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Donkey Kong, Burgertime, Galaga, Pac-man, Ms.Pac-man, Missile Command, Robotron, Dig Dug, Space Invaders, Arkanoid, Tempest, Raiden, Tetris
http://goo.gl/UW7e9L


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