[Coco] Re: [Color Computer] Let me introduce myself

[Charles Richmond]

On Jan 30, 2006, at 11:36 PM, benwillis wrote:

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> My main motivation for this is to teach my 7 year old son how to
> program. PC's are cool, and there are alot of great compilers etc.
> out there. But there is something fundamentally wonderful with the
> Coco. You turn it on, and all it does is BASIC. The simplicity and
> dedication of doing a single purpose and doing it well just shines.
> Plus the original Coco manuals I think do a great job of teaching
> how to use BASIC and some general programming principles in
> general.  He has grown up playing computer games and GameCube and
> yet the Coco fascinates him.  He's an avid reader and I'm anxious to
> get a hold of Bedlam, Madness and Minotaur, Pyramid, Raaka-Tu and
> The Sands of Egypt.
>

You are missing out if you do *not* learn to program in 6809 assembly
language. In my opinion, the 6809 has the greatest assembly language of
any of the 8-bit micros. It has all sorts of wonderful, whiz-bang
features!!!

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