Kids computers

From: Aaron Christopher Finney <af-list_at_wfi-inc.com>
Date: Thu Mar 9 18:41:21 2000

On Thu, 9 Mar 2000, John Wilson wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 09, 2000 at 02:17:56PM -0800, Mike Ford wrote:
> > Once they are through the basics though, figure on a fairly new system with
> > a good graphics board. Run all the older software in emulation, plus surf
> > the web and play games with decent speed.
>
> Hmm, I think a *vital* factor for a machine which is truly intended to
> educate kids, is that it must be absolutely no use at playing video games.
> I'm not kidding, make 'em talk to it through an ASR33 if you have to, because
> once you lose them to video games they'll never be more than just users.

I grew up on Asteroids, Pac Man, Kangaroo, Popeye, Tron, Zaxxon,
Tempest...I mowed lawns so I'd have enough money to go the arcade with my
friends. Somewhere in there was Pong, Oddysey, Intellivision, and Atari
2600.


More than just a user,

Aaron
Received on Thu Mar 09 2000 - 18:41:21 GMT