Reply to: Them were the days, Manic Miner and all that.

[NickFitz]

Where would a young person who wanted to get into programming in a simple but fun way start? Perhaps Microsoft SmallBASIC?

In Monday Links XXIV: Invent Your Own Computer Games With Python is a free (for the online version) book, with a bunch of free online resources, aimed at people aged around ten and upwards who are interested in learning actual programming by writing games. (Python is also free, of course.)

[TheFaQQer]

Am loving my NES Emulator on the Adroid though!

Is there a free one - only one I can see is $3.99.

[MrMark]

Nice to see the Orics on there! My first computer was the Atmos:
HCHOF: Oric Atmos

Happy days

Was always jealous of the Spectrum and Commodore owners

Am loving my NES Emulator on the Adroid though!

I too had a beloved Oric. I remember typing in programs from a bi-monthly user magazine. When 1 issue took 6 months to turn up I suspected something was amiss - unfortunately the next issue never materialised and by that time Oric was defunct.

[rsingh]

Always punctual too!

She wasn't as gobby as Paula either

[SupremeSpod]

Now she was a colourful character.

Always punctual too!

[rsingh]

What about Denise?

Now she was a colourful character.

[SupremeSpod]

Paula and Fat Agnes did it for me

What about Denise?

[rsingh]

Seduced by hardware sprites and the SID chip, eh?

Paula, Denise and Fat Agnes did it for me

[SupremeSpod]

Microsoft did do a programming language for kids not sure it's still going.
There is also the lego mindstorm which can be programmed from a desktop computer

If you want to play with some serious hardware have a look at...

Cray-Cyber - Welcome

[Spacecadet]

Happy Days !

My first computer was a Commodore Pet.... I used to repair Acorn Atoms to make extra money....

These days I see young people who want a career in IT and claim to be able to 'program' in HTML. They appear to be able to do little more than than download hacks and keygens.

Where would a young person who wanted to get into programming in a simple but fun way start? Perhaps Microsoft SmallBASIC?

Microsoft did do a programming language for kids not sure it's still going.
There is also the lego mindstorm which can be programmed from a desktop computer

[original PM]

oooooh yeah

but they took catridges.....

so no more loading and watching the hexidecimal count go up (i am sure Elite went up to 44F)

it was like having an arcade machine in the bedroom


although Sam Fox strip poker failed to raise well anything really.......

[MarillionFan]

If not for Clive Sinclair this site wouldnt exist and it's members would be well balanced, thinner, active members of society as opposed to the motley crew of overweight, balding, socially inept geeks the rest of you are.

[SupremeSpod]

Ah yes


[teary eyed nostalga]
Felix in the Factory on the Acorn Electron
[/teary eyed nostalga]

although I always aspired to a BBC Model B

Until I got a Commodore 64

Seduced by hardware sprites and the SID chip, eh?

[gingerjedi]

Ah yes


[teary eyed nostalga]
Felix in the Factory on the Acorn Electron
[/teary eyed nostalga]

I 'taped' that from a Electron owning mate but the BBC B's processor was twice the speed of the Electron, T'was a tough game to play on the old 'beeb'.

[original PM]

Ah yes


[teary eyed nostalga]
Felix in the Factory on the Acorn Electron
[/teary eyed nostalga]

although I always aspired to a BBC Model B

Until I got a Commodore 64