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0 pointsnottorp5y ago0 comments

Gods, how complicated has "simple" become :)

Back in my day, you plugged in your 8 bit computer and it started on a BASIC prompt. It was all self contained.

Also, I had to walk uphill to school in the snow, both ways.

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Lived in a shoe too.

You should compare it to programming an EPROM with your 8-Bit computer, because the micros-bit obviously does not have a screen, keyboard or connection for external storage.

nottorpOP5y ago

That makes it easier for the kids, I'm sure.

Btw the 8 bit computers I'm talking about connected to the TV. No need to buy a separate screen.

Now if only modern tvs would accept a digital connection to a computer... oh wait...

jansan5y ago

I know what you mean, I still have my Commodore 64 and it still works, even the Competition pro does. And I still have S.E.U.C.K., which can be seen as the ancestor of Scratch, on floppy disk.

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0 pointsnottorp5y ago0 comments

Gods, how complicated has "simple" become :)

Back in my day, you plugged in your 8 bit computer and it started on a BASIC prompt. It was all self contained.

Also, I had to walk uphill to school in the snow, both ways.

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dboreham5y ago

Lived in a shoe too.

jansan5y ago

You should compare it to programming an EPROM with your 8-Bit computer, because the micros-bit obviously does not have a screen, keyboard or connection for external storage.

nottorpOP5y ago

That makes it easier for the kids, I'm sure.

Btw the 8 bit computers I'm talking about connected to the TV. No need to buy a separate screen.

Now if only modern tvs would accept a digital connection to a computer... oh wait...

jansan5y ago

I know what you mean, I still have my Commodore 64 and it still works, even the Competition pro does. And I still have S.E.U.C.K., which can be seen as the ancestor of Scratch, on floppy disk.

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