Subj : Re: smartphone for ui dif
To   : POINDEXTER FORTRAN
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Fri Dec 12 2025 10:40:43

>  DW> IIRC, I had at least two years of typing class, and half of a
>  DW> (Commodore) BASIC programming class under my belt before accessing my
>  DW> first BBS.  I don't think they offer either such things to high
>  DW> schoolers these days. :D

>  Could you imagine getting some of today's kids in front of an 8-bit
>  computer for a programming class?

Yeah, but honestly they might enjoy it.  When I was in HS, not everyone had
a computer at home then.  There were some kids that had never seen or used
one that got pretty good at it.  One of our big projects was to program a
Christmas scene/display, complete with screen color changes, etc.  Some of
those turned out to be pretty neat.

OTOH, the graphics wouldn't stand up to whatever they see on their video
game consoles or cell phones, but doing it themselves would probably be fun
to some of them.


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