@GrantMeStrength

You *TOO* can play such exciting games as "Guess the Number" (Hi-Lo) or:

```
10 PRINT "JOHN IS COOL!"
20 GOTO 10
```

@GrantMeStrength been there…more than once

@GrantMeStrength that specific book is what got me interested in programming. I got it from the public library bookmobile when it came to my elementary school. It holds a special place in my heart!

@GrantMeStrength it’s a fad

@GrantMeStrength that rc2014 is one sexy machine!

@GrantMeStrength https://media.giphy.com/media/8McNH1aXZnVyE/giphy.gif

@GrantMeStrength

You can even get a job doing that.

@GrantMeStrength I have that book somewhere, from when I was a kid! My favorite part is the "No Computer Needed!" banner.

@GrantMeStrength no computer needed!

@GrantMeStrength right in the childhoods. I learned from Usborne too

@GrantMeStrength Before I managed to get enough money to buy my first computer (age 12, in the 80s) I borrowed every book in the "ADB" section at the local library.

I learnt lots about winchester hard disks and punch cards that weren't completely relevant once I got that Atari ST, but it did still satisfy my curiosity for a while :D

> "Now I’m ready to learn about this fancy “computer programming” stuff I have heard so much about."

@GrantMeStrength just remember: when you open the case, touch the metal chasis before touching any of the electronics!!! You can damage expensive equipment if you don't do that! I don't know if you have to open the case to program the computer, but just letting you know!

@GrantMeStrength I borrowed that book from my local library and used my mum's Commodore 64 to try it out

@GrantMeStrength Pretty sure I had the german translation of this book as a child.

@GrantMeStrength it's the future, they say!

@GrantMeStrength I have the cover of this seminal text on a t-shirt

@GrantMeStrength These books are still wonderful to leaf through.

@GrantMeStrength and you don’t need a computer for it!