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I loved my CPC6128 so much. By age 7 I'd hacked my sister's ghetto blaster so we could feed it in to the Amstrad as a tape drive. I've actually been considerin

by aidos 10y ago

I loved my CPC6128 so much. By age 7 I'd hacked my sister's ghetto blaster so we could feed it in to the Amstrad as a tape drive. I've actually been considering getting one for my kids to play with - the simplicity of having basic right there and having physical disks gives a great way to explore what's really going on.

Symbiote 10y ago
I think the Raspberry Pi can run RISC OS, which also has BASIC right there. BASIC on an Acorn was my introduction to programming. I was aware that the machine was very expensive. All games played better than on my friends' computers, and it could even play video and render 3d models (in 1991!) so my friends pestered their parents, but it was too expensive. Ours were all second hand, my dad taught students how to use them, but couldn't afford a new one.