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Re:The growing body of evidence that digital distraction is ... by TylerE on Monday January 08, 2018 @03:40PM (#16100290)
I think the key thing with programming on the T/Is was that input handling and output was super super simple.

Text display addressable by row/column... something like 8x24 if memory serves?

No mucking about with event loops, window handlers, setup functions...

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Re:The growing body of evidence that digital distraction is ... by j45 on Monday January 08, 2018 @04:56PM (#16101041)
Yup.

ticalc.org was great too. Build your own serial transfer cable... Build external storage..

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