Back then these books for home micros were targeted to children so you had cartoons and funny drawings explaining programming concepts. Some of these books are

Back then these books for home micros were targeted to children so you had cartoons and funny drawings explaining programming concepts. Some of these books are still available. Usborne put a bunch of their old ones from the 80's for free online: http://www.usborne.com/catalogue/feature-page/computer-and-coding-books.aspx http://www.usborne.com/catalogue/feature-page/computer-and-c... See their assembly book, "Machine Code for Beginners"