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My not-so-tragic story of programming in BASIC as a kid was on a Coleco Adam. I would pick up 1980's computer books/magazines from the library with BASIC code
by decasteve 12y ago
My not-so-tragic story of programming in BASIC as a kid was on a Coleco Adam. I would pick up 1980's computer books/magazines from the library with BASIC code in them that I would type in. Some weren't meant for the version of BASIC the Coleco had and wouldn't run without modifications. Getting them to run was half the fun.
The Coleco Adam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleco_Adam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleco_Adam
- spdustin 12y agoThe sound of the high speed tape drive when booting up (or playing Buck Rogers) still remains fresh in my mind. That, and the daisy wheel printer's rhythmic whir-rat-tat-tat-chunk-whine whenever I printed out a letter asking for another tape drive. I also had my first generative music experience with the Adam - POKEing numbers into various registers would trigger the waveform generators and if combined with various patterns/functions (sin, cos, and the like) would make some cool sequences.