Re: [SLUG] operating systems and schools

[Terry Collins]

Matthew Dalton wrote:
> 
> Terry Collins wrote:
> >
> > Now they are teaching you guys to program before you leave the place
> > and it's not that little turtle thing anymore?
> >
> 
> Well, I did a computing subject in Year 9 (1989) and we learnt
> programming in Basic on the school's Microbees! We were lucky to have a
> teacher that actually knew what he was doing.

Umm, lets try another 1.6 decades ago. If you wanted a PC in those
days, you built it and loaded the program with paddle switches. But
I'll save those stories for the beer and pizza nights.

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