[Coco] CoCo-Coding: DECB

[Frank Pittel]

I've thought for years that kids are missing out on a lot
of fun by not haveing a computer that they could Grok. Back
when the Coco was king people could grok their computers and
it was a lot of fun.

Even though I put my current computer together from scratch
I have no idea of how the disk controllers work, how the pci bus
works, etc. I don't have any hard evidence to support this but I'll
bet the kids that use vintage computers and learn how they work
early on do better with "modern" computers later in life.

Frank


On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 02:04:54PM -0700, Jim Cox wrote:
> I broke out my DECB book last night and took a look at it 
> before nodding off.  I am planning to sit down and pound 
> out some of the samples listed in the book.
> 
> I am really looking forward to it.  I still say that kids 
> now-a-days are missing out on a lot of fun by not playing 
> with the simpler computers.
> http://mail.miba51.com/Session/163631-SWM1ebx1jb9VUKtiXwuP/Mailboxes.wssp
> Mailboxes
> Jim
> 
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