31 Dec
2003
31 Dec
'03
9:52 a.m.
On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 ghldbrd(a)ccp.com wrote:
business like that. A 64 system and one of those
disks would be a great
way for kids to get hooked on computers.
I gave each of my oldest nephews (ages 7, 10 and 15) a fully loaded Apple
//e or Apple //c+ for Christmas. They were pretty thrilled. I spent
Christmas Eve and half of Christmas Day teaching the 10 year old how to
program his own video game (he wants to write games for his PlayStation 2
and make a "million dollars" :) We ended up with a pretty cool little
game. As time goes on I'll be introducing them to ever more challenging
concepts. I figure by the time they graduate high school they'll be
ready to enter a Masters level university program ;)
If you always thought that vintage computers would be the best tools to
teach kids with, you were certainly right.
Then again, as all the programming jobs go overseas .
. . .
I'm doing my part to stem the tide, but I'm just one man in this
burgeoning nation of idiots.
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Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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