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BASIC is 50 years old!
04-10-2014, 02:39 PM (This post was last modified: 04-10-2014 02:41 PM by Don Shepherd.)
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(04-10-2014 01:33 PM)Eddie W. Shore Wrote:  John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz are two new heroes of mine! I wish I could go to the events.

Don, I hope you don't mind but I am going to share the link to the web page on my Twitter, Google+, and Facebook page.

Sure, Eddie, that's fine. I got the link from the guy at Dartmouth who organized the 50th anniversary thing.

John Kemeny, who after co-inventing BASIC went on to be president of Dartmouth, died a few years ago. But Tom Kurtz is still among the living and resides near Dartmouth.

I would like to attend also, but I have teaching obligations. The documentary video will probably be available on their website after the event, according to the guy who organized everything.

I have always really appreciated the design principles that went into BASIC. Those principles were meant to keep it simple for the new user and those who could benefit from a knowledge of computer programming but were not geeks or engineers.

I keep looking on Ebay for an old ASR-33 teletype that I could turn into a BASIC timesharing station again. Maybe one day.
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BASIC is 50 years old! - Don Shepherd - 04-09-2014, 02:32 PM
RE: BASIC is 50 years old! - Don Shepherd - 04-09-2014, 07:20 PM
RE: BASIC is 50 years old! - Don Shepherd - 04-10-2014 02:39 PM
RE: BASIC is 50 years old! - Egan Ford - 04-10-2014, 10:27 PM
RE: BASIC is 50 years old! - Don Shepherd - 04-10-2014, 11:11 PM
RE: BASIC is 50 years old! - Thomas Klemm - 04-11-2014, 12:56 AM
RE: BASIC is 50 years old! - Don Shepherd - 04-11-2014, 12:18 PM
RE: BASIC is 50 years old! - Don Shepherd - 04-13-2014, 01:04 PM
RE: BASIC is 50 years old! - Les Bell - 04-14-2014, 01:30 AM
RE: BASIC is 50 years old! - HP67 - 04-10-2014, 03:38 PM
RE: BASIC is 50 years old! - Don Shepherd - 04-10-2014, 05:48 PM
RE: BASIC is 50 years old! - Alvaro - 04-10-2014, 09:23 PM
RE: BASIC is 50 years old! - peacecalc - 04-13-2014, 11:43 AM
RE: BASIC is 50 years old! - Alvaro - 04-14-2014, 09:03 PM
RE: BASIC is 50 years old! - Don Shepherd - 04-14-2014, 11:32 PM
RE: BASIC is 50 years old! - Don Shepherd - 04-15-2014, 01:16 AM
RE: BASIC is 50 years old! - Alvaro - 04-15-2014, 08:41 AM
RE: BASIC is 50 years old! - Don Shepherd - 04-15-2014, 01:54 PM
RE: BASIC is 50 years old! - Don Shepherd - 04-15-2014, 02:13 PM



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