I learned programming my first computer, a Sinclair ZX Spectrum, using its accompanying manual [1]. When I wasn't busy playing games on it, I programmed things

I learned programming my first computer, a Sinclair ZX Spectrum, using its accompanying manual [1]. When I wasn't busy playing games on it, I programmed things like maze generators and a connect-4 player. Then I studied Z80 assembly programming to make the latter run much faster. A few years later I started my Computer Science studies at the university of Amsterdam... [1] http://zxnext.narod.ru/manuals/Basic_Programming.pdf http://zxnext.narod.ru/manuals/Basic_Programming.pdf