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Why all 80's Computers had BASIC - luwal - 05-01-2025
https://www.syntaxbomb.com/8-bit-16-bit-retro-world/why-all-80-s-computers-had-basic/msg347065074
A very interesting discussion.
RE: Why all 80's Computers had BASIC - johnno56 - 05-02-2025
Well.. That brought back a lot of memories... Of course, while I was at school - primary, secondary and tertiary - we never saw a computer of any kind... a slide rule was my method of calculating back then... lol
I built my first two computers from kits - soldering iron, circuit boards, components - heaps of fun. The second machine had 16K of ram, 40 columns x 25 rows of text - no graphics - Microsoft Basic... As the presenter in the video said that he was "hooked", so was I and have been using Basic ever since. Not the best language; not the fastest but definitely one of the easiest... Over the last 10 years I have actually gotten used to Basic "without" line numbers! At last!
My introduction to Basic got me hooked on computers... Eventually it would lead me to a 15 year career as a Senior Mainframe Computer Operator... Best job ever! I am retired now but I still use Basic. QB64; RCBasic and Naalaa (not Basic but it is so much like it)