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Re:BBC Computer Literacy Project 1980 – 1989 by pjc50 on Thursday March 26, 2020 @04:32AM (#22691556)
I'm just about old enough to remember the BBC project itself, and yes: it was basically the only effort to teach people to program, which was part of why it was so unique and impressive. Computing GCSE was largely useless.
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Re:BBC Computer Literacy Project 1980 – 1989 by stevekemp on Thursday March 26, 2020 @04:41AM (#22691593)
I think I missed the window too, there was one BBC computer available to our class and all we did was play "Granny's Garden" upon it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granny%27s_Garden

(There was some turn-based strategy-game too, where you had to raise taxes, and get elected. I recall almost nothing about it.)

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