Overview
- Combines the fun of retro computing on the Pi with learning BASIC programming
- Perfect for both the hobbyist Maker interested in a Pi project as well as someone wanting to learn or teach primary coding concepts
- Though rooted in 80s flashback fun, the concepts in this book are completely applicable to today’s programming world
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Learn programming using the Commodore 16/Plus 4 system. Following this book, you and your children will not only learn BASIC programming, but also have fun emulating a retro Commodore system. There are many ways to bring the fun of learning to program in the 1980s back to life. For example, downloading the VICE emulator to a Raspberry Pi allows for the classic “turn on and program” experience and also provides some retro computing project fun. Many parents learned programming in this same way and can have fun helping their children follow the same path.
You can also use this book as an opportunity to dust off your computing skills or learn programming concepts for the first time on a system that’s easy, approachable, and fun with a nostalgic twist.
Commodore computers were the most sold computing devices before the iPhone. Nowadays, the Commodore system can be run using freely available emulation on modern computers. This book uses VICE,which is available for PC, Mac, Linux, as an online app, and on the Raspberry Pi. Beginning Programming Using Retro Computing offers simple programming concepts to give children and adults alike a sense of wonder in seeing that words they write have the power to do things, like play sounds, draw graphics, or finish math homework.
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About the author
Dr. Friedland is also very engaged in the maker community. Together with his business partner Bertrand Irissou, he created the MOVI offline speech recognition Arduino shield (audeme.com) for which he received a Blue Ribbon Award at the Silicon Valley Maker Faire 2015. After the projected was successfully funded on Kickstarter two years ago, the board is now sold by Amazon, Arrows, and MicroChip.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Beginning Programming Using Retro Computing
Book Subtitle: Learn BASIC with a Commodore Emulator
Authors: Gerald Friedland
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4146-2
Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Apress Access Books, Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Copyright Information: Gerald Friedland 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4842-4145-5Published: 11 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4842-4146-2Published: 10 December 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 90
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 76 illustrations in colour
Topics: Hardware and Maker, Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters