Kids w/ Computers ( was Re: _Way_ OT: dollar coins was Re: Y2K stuff)

From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_freegate.com>
Date: Tue Jan 12 12:30:46 1999

Actually I've taught her a bit of PDP-8 assembler but as responsible as she
is, she is still 8 and doesn't always treat things correctly when
unsupervised. Also I don't have any sort of graphics support for the PDP-8
so the C-64 seemed a good alternative. A couple of people have suggested an
Apple II, which would be ok as well, but the ability to use a C64 with a TV
is a win here as well.

--Chuck

At 06:56 AM 1/12/99 -0800, you wrote:
>[Teaching a kid BASIC]
>
>No! Not BASIC! Anything but THAT! ARRRRRRGH! :)
>
>Why not teach her assembler? Start from the bottom...
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Received on Tue Jan 12 1999 - 12:30:46 GMT