Sharp PC-E500S or Sharp PC-G850VS?

[jonmoore]

(06-19-2022 12:56 PM)Steve Simpkin Wrote:  

(06-19-2022 12:18 PM)jonmoore Wrote:  [quote='xerxes' pid='161464' dateline='1655639266']
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On a related note. I looked through my documentation archive and re-discovered this early 80's gem on the Basic Programming language (it's the book I first used to learn Basic).

https://d.pr/f/Ckwos7

Its production style reminds me a lot of the early Grapevine Publications books (especially their early 80s books for the 11/15C and the 41).

It's long ago out of print so hopefully nobody objects to me sharing it here.

Jonmoore, Thank you for sharing that. I learned BASIC from a User Manual for the original Radio Shack TRS-80 computer. It was also written in a lighthearted manner. I bought the manual just before going on vacation with my family in 1977. I didn’t own a computer until 1979 when I bought an Ohio Scientific Challenger 1P. 8K Microsoft BASIC in ROM and 4K of RAM. Such raw power!

https://www.classic-computers.org.nz/sys...Manual.pdf

Nice, makes for very good bedfellows with Illustrating Basic, especially in the context of pocket computers.

I learned Basic at school on a Research Machines 380Z (which were dominant in UK education at the time).

From there I went BBC Model B (Acorn Machines) - the first computer I owned, Atari ST and Amiga. At that point, I entered the world of grown-up computers (and always a mix of Mac, Linux and Windows machines).