@jaybird110127@dragonscave.space
Post #3287083
2026-04-03 05:44 UTC
@TheVoiceGuy@mastodon.au @Woody@dragonscave.space @AccessOn@nfb.social @JonathanMosen@caneandable.social Typing in BASIC programs was pretty much the norm for lots of sighted people in the late 70's and probably early to mid 80's. There were countless print magazines which offered all manner of games and other programs. Since there were so many different and incompatible home computers at that time, but what they had in common is that most if not all of them had some form of BASIC built in, these programs were printed as BASIC listings which you would type into your computer yourself.
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@TheVoiceGuy@mastodon.au 2026-04-03 05:45
@jaybird110127@dragonscave.space @Woody@dragonscave.space @AccessOn@nfb.social @JonathanMosen@caneandable.social How fantastic!
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@remixman@kind.social 2026-04-03 16:24
@jaybird110127@dragonscave.space @TheVoiceGuy@mastodon.au @Woody@dragonscave.space @AccessOn@nfb.social @JonathanMosen@caneandable.social What were some of the more popular programs? Typing in all that code must have been really tedious. Were there any tricks to make them as compact as possible?