Code Legends: Commodore & Appleās OG Keyboard Wizards
In a dazzling display of 1980s tech wizardry, a historic interpreter lovingly taught millions to program on legendary classic computers like Commodore and Apple, forever rooting BASIC in the hearts of aspiring coders worldwide. While the article skips specific dates and names, just imagine countless dot-matrix prints and blurry green monitors lighting up bedrooms and classrooms. This interpreter didnāt just push pixels; it pushed an entire generation into the exhilarating confusions of semicolons and GOTO statements. And letās not forget, this dusty relic of the pre-internet era still haunts retro coding fanatics with nostalgia so thick, you can almost smell the solder and burnt circuits.
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Nothing says āliving on the edgeā like teaching BASIC on ancient Commodores and Apples while millennials just summon Siri. This tech OG probably still scares kids into learning loops older than their grandmas.
Teaching coding on Commodore and Apple? Back then, a typo wasnāt a typo ā it was a catastrophic digital apocalypse.
Their version of 'streaming' was waiting 10 minutes for that floppydisk BASIC program to load ā patience was the original algorithm.
Source: Arstechnica | Published: 9/4/2025 | Author: Benj Edwards
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