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1. meredithbloom · 1790380747 · focus · HN ↗

   > "But it booted straight into BASIC. That’s all it did. I was, like, 8 years old. I wasn’t about to learn BASIC. What I learned instead: computers were not as awesome as I’d imagined."

   You were the exception. Most kids felt awe. We started learning BASIC and creating "dumb games". That's the origin story of most people my age who ended up in this doomed industry.

   1. drfloyd51 · 1790384910 · focus · HN ↗

      That was my origin story. I was 8. Tandy CoCo2. I didn’t have a cassette so I had to type all the programs from the books. Again and again.

      I hope this makes you feel better: all industries are doomed. But few rise and fall in one lifetime.

      1. DASD · 1790387346 · focus · HN ↗

         Same here but with the first CoCo, TRS-80.

         1. senderista · 1790388246 · focus · HN ↗

            Anyone remember "The Treasure of Raaka-Tu"?

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