Overall it was a great success - we didn't really need to teach anything. S/w wise I found a Logo (turtle graphics), Basic, couple of other languages, Amiga-like Music tracker, couple of graphics things to complement MSPaint, MAME with some classic games, a few infocom adventures and a couple of newer games for the Z interpreter (Infocom games not as popular as I thought they might be), a crossword puzzle and a few other logic/tile arrangement type puzzles. Mostly it was things that came up as they happened, and experience supporting non-tech friends and relatives - causing chaos uninstalling the wrong things, installing kazaa or whatever. Uninstalled or removed visibility of pretty much anything that could do damage. Spent a bunch of time locking down what was in windows, what damage they could do (like deleting icons, menu items, random important things). Mid spec, but old, games machine (mum or dad's old one after an upgrade). :p As they hit teen years just a normal PC+Internet was enough. Then they hit teen and just got addicted to WoW anyway. It's a shame for the next generation we've mostly reduced all tech to consumption only devices. Best part, they did it nearly all themselves.
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I made a heavily curated PC for the kids and they were able to do remarkable things in paint (the youngest could do more with paint at 6 than I ever could) or build little programs or make tunes in something that looked like an old tracker. What's there instead is appstores and notifications reminding of social messages and games to play. It's terrible for kids in my opinion - all the things that would feed their natural curiosity are just not there. Everyone could program enough to make scrolly insults of their sister or swear and beep on the demo machines in the store.Īll the improvements have added layer on layer of insulation from the tedious guts, which is great when you just want to work, web surf, write a mail or play farmville, and the machine, even a phone, takes ages to boot.
A C64 or other 8 bit turned on instantly to BASIC. Now you had to load something, to do just that. Agree with this, there's also another big advantage that the article doesn't mention - the instant response and lack of distraction.ģ0 years ago you turned on, and in seconds were at a DOS prompt.
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