BBC Micro at 40: How it inspired a generation of coders [video]

Re:BBC Micro at 40: How it inspired a generation of coders [... by Doctor_Fegg on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @10:10AM (#26250659)

Locomotive BASIC was indeed influenced by BBC Basic, but I think you'd have a hard time arguing that the Spectrum (direct descendant of the ZX81) or the C64 (developed in America) were, and they were by far the two most popular micros in the UK.

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Re:BBC Micro at 40: How it inspired a generation of coders [... by hnlmorg on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @11:30AM (#26251801)

I didn't say the C64 and Spectrum were directly influenced by the BBC (though I can see why you read my comment that way) but that the wider industry was. eg Parents bought kids BASIC systems because schools had BBCs so the C64, whilst often just used as a games system, was bought because it was also "educational".

If it weren't for the BBC, I'd wager far fewer homes would have had BASIC-based micro computers and thus that industry would have been much smaller.

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