first programs

From: John Tinker <jtinker_at_coin.org>
Date: Tue Jan 16 13:05:35 2001

> And all my hello world programs these days say, "Mortimer, we're back!" Of
> course, this was all after 1987.
>
> I think my first program on the Tomy Tutor was a 2+2 program. My first
> program on the C64 was a recipe box.
> -- Cameron Kaiser

My first memorable (to me) program on the C-64 was "scribble". It randomly changed
accellerations as it drew a line around the screen, with a tendency to drift back
toward the center. It really did look like a scribble. I was quite proud of it. My
friends didn't understand.
-- John Tinker
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