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Maybe something like a cheap Chromebook that boots into something like BASIC where it's easy to write simple PRINT and GOTO based programs, draw stuff on the sc
by yters 7y ago
Maybe something like a cheap Chromebook that boots into something like BASIC where it's easy to write simple PRINT and GOTO based programs, draw stuff on the screen, and beep and boop the sound card.
It's having access to simple and easily composable basic elements, like Legos, that made computing so accessible back in the day. Computer gaming was my big motivation.
So, this simple platform also needs a decent collection of fun and hackable games, and other useful applications.
- _emacsomancer_ 7y agoOr just boot into Emacs - which one can do e.g. via https://github.com/ch11ng/exwm https://github.com/ch11ng/exwm
- cameronbrown 7y agoEmacs is great. It's got a calendar and a web browser and even comes with a text editor. What else do you need from a desktop?
- iamnothere 7y agoI like this idea. Sounds a bit like the PocketCHIP but scaled up to a normal size laptop. You could actually implement this using low-end Chromebooks as a platform, just flash them with whatever simplified OS you are using. It would be a great tool for teaching programming basics.
- quazar 7y agoReminds me of Pharo Smalltalk VM or Lisp Machines. There is something powerful about the whole OS utilizing single language and allowing you to interact with and alter everything.