tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423774879231339244.post2568180929962206905..comments2023-03-19T01:40:00.244-07:00Comments on PeacockMedia: BASIC programming and VIC-20 emulationpeahenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02395503525006623752noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423774879231339244.post-74072401467260316222013-01-04T12:56:24.538-08:002013-01-04T12:56:24.538-08:00I'm with you Shiela, I think you can't bea...I'm with you Shiela, I think you can't beat simple basic for inspiring kids (tested on Cain who was 5 at the time) and for tackling little problems like todays maths question.<br /><br />I once used a basic program to help me work out how to cut wind turbine blades from plastic guttering, as well as various little games and odds. My formal introduction to creating algorithms (hash tables, binary search, linked list etc) was all done using basic on Commadore Pets. But at home I was very much a sinclair kinda guy.<br /><br />I did borrow a Raspberry PI and I wasn't overly impressed. Seems it misses a lot of marks, being neither one thing or another. It's certainly underpowered to be a small computer running Gnome, and it doesn't come in a case. Yet when aimed towards electronics projects it really needs add-on interfaces. When I turned it on, I wanted to just see a blinking cursor - laffs, just like the old days.r1ckatkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07239009024542589231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423774879231339244.post-24826797930596665952013-01-04T12:55:01.218-08:002013-01-04T12:55:01.218-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.r1ckatkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07239009024542589231noreply@blogger.com