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Now, this sort of experience can be recreated with Arduino, micro:bit and other educational microcontrollers and nanocomputers. Raspberry Pi doesn’t count: too
by atemerev 8y ago
Now, this sort of experience can be recreated with Arduino, micro:bit and other educational microcontrollers and nanocomputers. Raspberry Pi doesn’t count: too complicated.
- 3chelon 8y agoMy thoughts exactly: the Arduino is about the same level of complexity as 1980s 8-bit machines. As the author of the article said, "In 1983... home computers were unsophisticated enough that a diligent person could learn how a particular computer worked through and through."
- pjmlp 8y agoAnd an ESP32 is already at the level of a PCW 1512, just more powerful.
- pmyteh 8y agoYou can recreate it with Raspberry Pi, though it's no longer the best platform for it. It can natively run RISC OS Open, which can be set up to drop you straight into a BBC BASIC prompt as in the old days. And there was plenty of software printed in paper listings form for 32-bit Acorn computers if you want the traditional experience. The issues of Acorn User magazine from 1988 onwards will give you plenty to be getting on with... http://8bs.com/aumags.htm http://8bs.com/aumags.htm
- UncleSlacky 8y agoThe RISC OS people have one already set up to run BBC Basic standalone: https://www.riscosopen.org/content/sales/risc-os-pico https://www.riscosopen.org/content/sales/risc-os-pico