On: Usborne 1980s computer programming books for kids become free downloads

[Retr0spectrum]

Wow. "Introduction to Computer Programming" was quite literally my first intruduction to programming. I didn't have access to a computer until several years later, so I just wrote programs on a piece of paper.

[ry_ry → Retr0spectrum]

Computer Battlegames was my first introduction to programming after finding a dog-eared copy in the local library in the late 80s.

I spent many happy minutes carefully retyping all the code into quickbasic and then spending endless hours trying to frig the c64/zx81 syntax to work.

Good times. After lunch i'm going to go back and finally get the missile game to work!

[antod → Retr0spectrum]

The 9-12yr old me had at least 5 of the books shown on that page in the early 80s :)

All the coding/gaming I did on my Spectrum lying down in front of the living room TV gave me these rough 'carpet callouses' on my elbows. They took at least decade to go away after I moved on from the Spectrum.