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Readers in the UK or Commonwealth might be more familiar with the Usborne series of books for 8 bit computers. The publisher has made them available from their

Readers in the UK or Commonwealth might be more familiar with the Usborne series of books for 8 bit computers. The publisher has made them available from their website[0]. Here is a series of modern reviews from a friend of mine[1]. My favorite when I was a kid was the one that taught assembly language to pre-teens. I still think of cartoon robots putting notes into boxes whenever I assign something to a variable. [0] https://usborne.com/browse-books/features/computer-and-coding-books/ https://usborne.com/browse-books/features/computer-and-codin... [1] http://www.asciimation.co.nz/bb/category/usborne http://www.asciimation.co.nz/bb/category/usborne

bloopernova 8y ago
Thank you for that nostalgia trip! Computer Battlegames and Computer Spacegames were much loved in my youth. I wish I had seen some of the other books in the programming series from Usborne. I remember my dad being super frustrated with me when I was very young. He was on such a different level (chip/board designer) that everything was so effortless to him, and he had serious trouble relating to anyone "beneath" him. It only got worse when he left when I was about 9. I always had trouble self-motivating, and it would hurt like hell when he'd show up out of the blue and express disappointment that I wasn't writing assembly yet or building my own circuits. But the Usborne stuff, and the spectrum/vic20 games I played around that time, are treasured memories. Thank you for reminding me :)
vkaku 8y ago
Another one specifically for the Beeb [0] http://www.8bs.com/othrdnld/manuals/publications.shtml http://www.8bs.com/othrdnld/manuals/publications.shtml