[Coco] New Years Resolution:to read all the Rainbow

Kandur k at qdv.pw
Mon Jan 1 00:54:22 EST 2018


Allen,

Sunday, December 31, 2017, 8:51:36 PM, you wrote:
> it’s stunning how primitive the early code was. 

It was at a time when memory was very expensive, so compact coding was important.

Rainbow's first anniversary issue was December 1982 it was the first time professionally typeset and had full color covers.
I was wondering, if Rainbow was the first regular periodical focused on microcomputer software?
Then I found my subscription copy of Dr. Dobb's Journal from 1976,
Tiny BASIC Calisthenics & Orthodontia (Running Light Without Overbyte). 
It already published Allison's interpreter language, Tiny BASIC. 
http://p.uio.pw/coco/drdobbs_4554.jpg

Kandur


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