Re:Sir Clive Sinclair has died
by GekkePrutser on Thursday September 16, 2021 @06:30PM
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I love that attitude and I totally agree with the sentiment. Just experimenting is how you learn best.
Especially in those days it was a unique sentiment. Most devices came with long instruction manuals which people would actually read, and even schematics. Until the home computer came, only educated professionals were allowed to go near computers. I think Steven Levy called them the IBM high priests in his book "Hackers". It's old but a good read.
Now nobody reads the couple of pages that come with their new phone. Good.
Especially in those days it was a unique sentiment. Most devices came with long instruction manuals which people would actually read, and even schematics. Until the home computer came, only educated professionals were allowed to go near computers. I think Steven Levy called them the IBM high priests in his book "Hackers". It's old but a good read.
Now nobody reads the couple of pages that come with their new phone. Good.