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It was even better than that, if my recollection is correct. Those computers came with a very readable BASIC tutorial book at no extra charge (at least for the
by torgoguys 7y ago
It was even better than that, if my recollection is correct. Those computers came with a very readable BASIC tutorial book at no extra charge (at least for the CoCo 1 and 2). I still remember the cartoon computer character that was your teacher in the illustrations. Those books are how I first learned to program.
- brlewis 7y agoMuch better for me because I had a cassete tape drive where I could save my programs. It had a counter. I kept a piece of paper with the counter numbers so I could fast forward/rewind to get to specific programs I'd saved on tape. I made games on it. When BASIC wasn't fast enough for what I wanted to do I looked into Assembly. I sent snail mail to Motorola asking where I could buy the 6809E assembler manual, and they sent me one for free.