[HN Gopher] Usborne 1980s Computer Books
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       Usborne 1980s Computer Books
        
       Author : ustad
       Score  : 32 points
       Date   : 2024-02-11 16:47 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (usborne.com)
        
       | lowdest wrote:
       | I feel a strange sense of loss at learning that these exist. I
       | cherished the Usborne books I did have, and I had to mainly teach
       | myself Basic with LIST commands and such, because I didn't have
       | any friends or comprehensive books to teach me, nor was I
       | permitted to dial long distance numbers to reach a BBS. I would
       | have loved these as a child.
        
       | dang wrote:
       | Related. Others?
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       | 
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       | 
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       | comment)
        
       | dwb wrote:
       | hell yeah, I'm a programmer because of Better BASIC
        
       | PlunderBunny wrote:
       | I experienced a wave of nostalgia seeing the covers of these
       | books. Many of the BASIC listings were for the 'lowest common
       | denominator' version of BASIC, and being lucky enough to have a
       | BBC Micro, I tinkered with them to improve the graphics and
       | sound.
       | 
       | I tried downloading "The Mystery Of Silver Mountain" book, and
       | several pages in the listing part of the book appear to be blank
       | (e.g. pages 18, 19, 20) when viewed with Preview on macOS. They
       | display correctly in Windows 10 with Edge, and when viewed online
       | (in Google Docs?)
        
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