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> I think they key is your dad being a programmer. I don't think so. My experience was pretty much the same as jslabovitz's, just without the progamming dad.
by spc476 9y ago
> I think they key is your dad being a programmer.
I don't think so. My experience was pretty much the same as jslabovitz's, just without the progamming dad.
I started programming in 1984 and pretty much only had books, manuals, and magazines to work from. I only had one friend who had a computer and it wasn't the same as mine (and in the 80s, there were scores of different CPUs and operating systems to choose from) so I was more or less on my own.
I still miss the BYTE magazine with the Robert Tinney covers ...
- cm2187 9y agoBut somehow someone must have pointed you in the direction of these books and magazines. I wasn't even aware there were programming magazines then. Also in the early 80s using a computer pretty much meant programming. In the early 90s (my youth) computers all had some form of GUI and lots of shareware, and computer magazine weren't really talking about programming.
- js2 9y agoI was born in 71 and my dad got us an Apple II in 1980. He wasn't a programmer, but the Apple II came with a full set of hardware and software manuals. We also had a Byte subscription. I taught myself Applesoft Basic, then 6502 assembly. I distinctly remember having printouts of assembly listings spanning dozens of pages spread across the floor which I annotated.
- spc476 9y agoYeah, it was me who pointed me in the direction of those books and magazines. You would probably not believe the number of computer related magazines in the 80s. Even my computer (the not-too-popular TRS-80 Color Computer) had like four magazines devoted to it.