Learning BASIC Like It's 1983

Re:Learning BASIC Like It's 1983 by glandium on Monday September 03, 2018 @05:44AM (#17901533)

I started with the successor of the Oric-1, the Oric Atmos. I had a similar experience as yours, except we had multiple TVs. Also, I don't know if my father bought it separately or if it came along, but on top of the standard manual in french (we're french), we also had a book which contained, among other things, the full 6502 instruction set (in english), which was very valuable. IIRC this is what it looked like: http://www.48katmos.freeuk.com/oricman.jpg

I have fond memories of this computer. I absolutely loved its keyboard.

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Re:Learning BASIC Like It's 1983 by jcmeyrignac on Monday September 03, 2018 @09:48AM (#17902545)

Yes, I had a similar manual (I'm french too).

The problem is that the manual contained only the set of instructions, without any explanation. My Aha! was understanding how it worked.

I did write a couple of games on Oric/Atmos, but quickly changed to Atari ST (I had one of the first 520ST with its developer manual).

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