> children in after-school programs sit at computers in several rooms. But they have no Internet connection. When I was a child I could only dream of such thin

> children in after-school programs sit at computers in several rooms. But they have no Internet connection. When I was a child I could only dream of such things. School let me stay behind after classes and play on the Research Machines 380Z [1] the school owned but that was about an hour a day. Later a friend got a ZX81 [2] and we would hack on that. Someone my dad knew got a BBC Micro [3] and the family let me go round one evening a week and use it. I learned to program it from books & magazines. I think back to those times when I have no internet connection and think my laptop is useless and marvel. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_Machines_380Z https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_Machines_380Z [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX81 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX81 [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Micro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Micro