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From: Robbo on 19 Feb 2010 17:52 Hi, Does anyone remember the good old days of 'type-in' programs that you used to get in magazines in the 80's? I used to love typing these programs into the various computers that I had as a kid back then. My kids are now at a similar age as myself in that era and I thought I may see if they are interested in programming by getting them started with something similar. I have unfortunately been unable to locate any BASIC source on the internet that may have been taken from these magazines and posted somewhere. Does anybody know where I may find a library of BASIC source code on the internet that I can get my lads to type into a BASIC emulator/interpreter on a PC? Thanks in advance Robbo
From: Mensanator on 19 Feb 2010 17:56 On Feb 19, 4:52 pm, Robbo <robbo_b...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Does anyone remember the good old days of 'type-in' programs that you > used to get in magazines in the 80's? > > I used to love typing these programs into the various computers that I > had as a kid back then. > > My kids are now at a similar age as myself in that era and I thought I > may see if they are interested in programming by getting them started > with something similar. > > I have unfortunately been unable to locate any BASIC source on the > internet that may have been taken from these magazines and posted > somewhere. > > Does anybody know where I may find a library of BASIC source code on the > internet that I can get my lads to type into a BASIC emulator/interpreter > on a PC? Most localities would consider that child abuse. > > Thanks in advance > > Robbo
From: Robbo on 19 Feb 2010 18:14 > Most localities would consider that child abuse. Lol thanks, but I wasn't going to force it on them, just see if they are interested in it, since it was something I was interested in as a kid and I am sure stood me in good stead towards my programming career!!
From: rossum on 19 Feb 2010 18:21 On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:52:33 +0000 (UTC), Robbo <robbo_blah(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >Hi, > >Does anyone remember the good old days of 'type-in' programs that you >used to get in magazines in the 80's? > >I used to love typing these programs into the various computers that I >had as a kid back then. > >My kids are now at a similar age as myself in that era and I thought I >may see if they are interested in programming by getting them started >with something similar. > >I have unfortunately been unable to locate any BASIC source on the >internet that may have been taken from these magazines and posted >somewhere. > >Does anybody know where I may find a library of BASIC source code on the >internet that I can get my lads to type into a BASIC emulator/interpreter >on a PC? > >Thanks in advance > >Robbo Try http://www.stibbe.net/History/Games_Speech/Hammurabi.htm rossum
From: Pascal J. Bourguignon on 20 Feb 2010 04:43
Robbo <robbo_blah(a)hotmail.com> writes: > Hi, > > Does anyone remember the good old days of 'type-in' programs that you > used to get in magazines in the 80's? > > I used to love typing these programs into the various computers that I > had as a kid back then. > > My kids are now at a similar age as myself in that era and I thought I > may see if they are interested in programming by getting them started > with something similar. > > I have unfortunately been unable to locate any BASIC source on the > internet that may have been taken from these magazines and posted > somewhere. > > Does anybody know where I may find a library of BASIC source code on the > internet that I can get my lads to type into a BASIC emulator/interpreter > on a PC? Forget BASIC. (as mentionned in another answer, "child abuse" comes to mind). However, there are various systems that allow interactive programming. These are usually implementations of languages such as Common Lisp, Scheme, Logo, Smalltalk (eg squeak). Even C has "interpreters" to develop interactively (but C would be child abuse too). Nowadays, there are also more graphical interactive programming systems, such as Alice (alice.org), Etoys (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etoys_(programming_language), Scratch (http://scratch.mit.edu). While programming remains a game, I would stick with one of those modern graphical programming environments. When it becomes more a passion and teaching experience, I would use Scheme, for which there are a lot of tutorials, and with which a lot of fundamental ideas may be learned. (As a professionnal programmer, I rather use Common Lisp however; interactive development environment are not reserved to children). -- __Pascal Bourguignon__ |