> a cheap computer that will introduce children to programming, like in the '80s The closest equivalent since the mid '90s is the TI graphing calculator. Just

> a cheap computer that will introduce children to programming, like in the '80s The closest equivalent since the mid '90s is the TI graphing calculator. Just turn it on and there's one button to access the programming environment built right in. There's really no other device or environment like that, where you can just jump right into the programming, without having to first learn your way through a dozen layers of abstraction in navigating an OS and file system and software installations and all that.