13 Jan
1999
13 Jan
'99
4:22 a.m.
> Well, personally, I think that to give the child
a better understanding of
> the computer, they should start with something simple and (dare I say)
> rudimentary, like a C64 or Apple II (Certainly more rudimentary than a
> modern day PC with a GUI masquerading as an OS).
If your goal is to teach them about computers, then I
think a *much* more
rudimentary computer would be more appropriate. A C64 is OK for teaching
high-level programming, but start them off with low-level stuff like how a
logic gate works, advance to boolean algebra and let them stay there for a
long time until they learn how to minimize gates in their own designs, let
them build a CPU, microcode it, program it, and *then* move on to the
exciting world of BASIC.