Why 80s BASIC still matters

Re:Why 80s BASIC still matters by Fjolsvith on Monday February 25, 2019 @09:07AM (#19245661)

I wrote a fun game on the C64 as a teen - the starship Enterprise drawn as an "O" with lines behind it. You could steer it with arrow keys to aim at klingon warbirds, and fire phasers with the space bar.

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Re:Why 80s BASIC still matters by klodolph on Monday February 25, 2019 @09:47AM (#19245952)

I suppose this exposes some assumptions I was making. When I think of children learning programming with BASIC, Scratch, or Logo, I'm usually thinking of pre-teens or young teenagers, say 10-14 years old. Or younger, say 8, for some kids.

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Re:Why 80s BASIC still matters by Fjolsvith on Monday February 25, 2019 @12:49PM (#19247615)

When my daughter was three, I built a Windows 95 computer for her and installed a load of preschool games on it. She could power the computer up, find her game, play it, close it and shut the computer down at that age. She learned to read from those games.

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Re:Why 80s BASIC still matters by lightedman on Monday February 25, 2019 @10:37AM (#19246357)

6 years old for me, TI 99/4A. Yay double-interpreted garbage!

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