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I don't get this comment. You definitely didn't need a PC clone or disk drive to learn to program.

• ghaff 4y ago
  BASIC with line numbers and GOTOs was fine as far as it went. And I did some programming in that vein for both games and engineering utilities. But I moved on pretty quickly.
  • klodolph 4y ago
    That's a good start. Once you've started, you have all sorts of options for continuing. Some people moved on from BASIC by poking machine code into memory.
    • harvey9 4y ago
      "lunchtimes in the library Writing down the pokes and peeks" https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IagZIM9MtLo https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IagZIM9MtLo
  • rwmj 4y ago
    I programmed for years (1981-1985) with line numbers and cassette tapes. In hindsight, yes, it was tedious, but you don't know what you don't have. I do remember being amazed at how fast a 3" [sic] floppy disk was when I finally got one. I don't think I have ever used a BASIC without line numbers to this day.