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That's what made computer magazines so much fun in the 1980s. Every month there would be small projects (fractals, colliding galaxies, small games) that would
by forinti 1y ago
That's what made computer magazines so much fun in the 1980s.
Every month there would be small projects (fractals, colliding galaxies, small games) that would teach you a new subject and be small enough that you could type in.
- colanderman 1y agoAlso the Beagle Bros software and books for the Apple // series. They even had a semi regular "contest" where readers would submit "two-liners" which they'd then judge and distribute via floppy. That culture grew and cemented my love of the hobby, I loved and miss it.
- WillAdams 1y agoThank you for mentioning Beagle Bros.! (that's a name I haven't heard in a long while) To save folks a search: https://beagle.applearchives.com/ https://beagle.applearchives.com/
- cmontella 1y agoHaha yeah! When I was a kid before we could afford a computer, I would type magazine programs out on a type writer. I remember that I had to keep starting over because I would make a mistake, but that was okay because the program was short enough I was confident I could get through without any mistakes eventually.