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Wow, that Borland IDE UI certainly brings back memories. Turbo Pascal 6.0 (for DOS) was my first real exposure to programming (not counting the various BASICs
by jlgaddis 10y ago
Wow, that Borland IDE UI certainly brings back memories.
Turbo Pascal 6.0 (for DOS) was my first real exposure to programming (not counting the various BASICs and a short stint learning 6502 assembly) and led to my teenage self writing a bunch of "IGMs" for Legend of the Red Dragon [0], a BBS game. Unfortunately, just as I started teaching myself C, I scored a copy of Visual Basic 3.0 and it was all downhill from there.
It's really cool to see this game I played 20+ years ago and think about how technology has come. I can't imagine what the next 20 years will bring.
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_the_Red_Dragon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_the_Red_Dragon
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