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Kingair · 2 May 2014, 12:23 PM

Time goes fast . . . .

http://gizmodo.com/basic-the-50-year...-fo-1570417052

HAGOne

Tri-Tip · 3 May 2014, 04:33 AM

Ah, I remember it well.

Kingair · 3 May 2014, 04:37 AM

Hey Bryan !

All ok ?

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MonBK · 3 May 2014, 04:47 AM

I still use it.

77T · 3 May 2014, 04:52 AM

Coded many thousands lines and loved it...
Like a classic Rolex, they'll never make a better one for me

Numismatist · 3 May 2014, 04:55 AM

Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code - wasn't that what is stood for?

Loved it anyway. Simple back then. Back when 64k was HUGE!

wantonebad · 3 May 2014, 05:20 AM

Hey Basic was great, take it from a man who had to write his graduate thesis on and in COBOL, basic ain't that bad.

Tri-Tip · 3 May 2014, 06:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kingair

Hey Bryan !

All ok ?

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Yeah Marc, all is good. How are you enjoying the heat?

Kingair · 3 May 2014, 08:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Numismatist

Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code - wasn't that what is stood for?

Loved it anyway. Simple back then. Back when 64k was HUGE!

My first computer was a Sinclair ZX-81

16 kb

HAGWe

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Kingair · 3 May 2014, 08:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tri-Tip

Yeah Marc, all is good. How are you enjoying the heat?

I can stand it Bryan ;-)

HAGWe

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TheMethod · 3 May 2014, 08:36 AM

Ah, Basic and Visual Basic, what I learned as a freshman in High School.

Tri-Tip · 3 May 2014, 09:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kingair

My first computer was a Sinclair ZX-81

16 kb

HAGWe

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Wow, 16K, my friend had the 1K version. We'd type in the programs from the book and if there was one extra space, it would not fit.

Kingair · 3 May 2014, 12:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tri-Tip

Wow, 16K, my friend had the 1K version. We'd type in the programs from the book and if there was one extra space, it would not fit.

I had the external Memory block

What a time

HAGOne

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KKB · 3 May 2014, 03:41 PM

I first learned computer programming on a BASIC interpreter running on a Data General Nova 1200 back in the 70's. The thing had real core memory. You could turn it off, unplug it, next morning plug it back in, turn it on, and it would continue where it left off, since core memory retains it's state without power. It had no disk drive; booting was done from punched paper tape, and took about 4 minutes. We keyed in our programs on clunky, noisy Teletypes.

BASIC was (and is) wonderful. I can't think of a better introduction to coding. Kudos to Kemeny and Kurz

Cc1966 · 3 May 2014, 09:38 PM

If you liked it....than you will understand this! REM: I loved Basic!

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