27 May
2016
27 May
'16
8 p.m.
Speaking of LOGO (and the Terrapin..), I assume PILOT is still around in
some form? Correct me here, but I believe that a +BASIC+ implementation of
PILOT was released for either the VIC-20 (??) or the C-64. I recall typing
it in, back in the early 1980s, just for kicks.
Could that actually have been for the VIC? An admittedly simple (and
restrictive) high-level language coded in CBM BASIC, with like 3K of RAM? =)
On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 8:43 PM, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
On 05/27/2016 02:52 PM, Jay West wrote:
At the risk of being flamed... I'll mention that if the kid is more
visually driven, you might try introducing him to an Arduino Uno or
similar. Something he can see the results of his code in lights and
dials.
One of my fondest memories of my long-deceased father was when he took a
plank of pine and built a 1-tube radio with me. I think it was a 1G4G
(triode). We wound and shellacked the coils. Earphones and A and B
batteries. It was wonderful--and I was hooked.
I don't know if ARM or AVR BASICs are available, but you can purchase
one-board MCUs (like the Maple mini) for next to nothing. I think that
getting that going with BASIC or any other language would be a great
adventure for a young boy.
After all, in a couple of years, he'll be teaching *you* how to use a PC.
--Chuck