News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

anothermindbomb

30 hour BASIC by Clive Prigmore. I saved 4.95 for it and bought it from W H Smiths in Durham, UK.

Taught me BASIC 40 years ago as a 10 year old and started the rest of my career.

Re:Midnight Commander Tips and Tricks on Sunday January 30, 2022 @02:18PM (#30140147)
I never used pc clones when I was a kid. It was an Amiga for me, and in my world Directory Opus was king. It still is on my windows pcs these days. Great software and still actively developed.

Come to think of it, I no longer recall what Windows Explorer actually looks like.

Re:How does apt render its fancy progress bar? on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @01:23PM (#28854908)
`stty sane` not work?
Re:Dotfile madness on Sunday February 03, 2019 @06:24PM (#19072880)
Re:Ask HN: Recommend a new operating system that I could try on Friday September 15, 2017 @10:09AM (#15257247)
MVS/zOS running via Hercules (http://www.hercules-390.eu/)