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General discussionNostalgia for Programmers: Old British Coding Manuals Are Being Released For Free(25 posts)(25 posts)
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Posted February 09, 2016
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I'm definitely going to have a look at these. Enjoy
http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2016/02/08/nostalgia-for-programmers-old-british-coding-manuals-are-being-released-for-free
Posted February 09, 2016
Nice. Thanks! :)
Posted February 09, 2016
It's good to see "Machine Code for Beginners" available for free. Maybe I'll fire up an emulator and play around with it to get a feel for ancient assembly language.

(Are Z80 or 6502 CPUs in use today, possibly on embedded systems? I know some graphing calculators used Z80 CPUs.)
Posted February 09, 2016
Thanks for sharing. "Machine Code for Beginners" (6502) is especially interesting.
Posted February 09, 2016
Wow, these are cool. Back in the day, I never got further than IF ... THEN in the C64 BASIC manual. Now that I'm an adult, and actually a professional developer, I've often thought about going back to it, just to see what I could do with it today. Maybe some of these books will serve as inspiration.
Posted February 09, 2016
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Wishbone: Wow, these are cool. Back in the day, I never got further than IF ... THEN in the C64 BASIC
I got a bit further and managed to code in assembly displaying a multiline raster (that is a horizontal line on the screen) and 1 sprite simultaneously on 2 separate positions (multiplex!)...with colour changing..and music in the background. I was so proud of 'my demo' :-D
Posted February 09, 2016
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dtgreene: It's good to see "Machine Code for Beginners" available for free. Maybe I'll fire up an emulator and play around with it to get a feel for ancient assembly language.

(Are Z80 or 6502 CPUs in use today, possibly on embedded systems? I know some graphing calculators used Z80 CPUs.)
Wikipedia has a list of "notable uses" for the Z80, though few of the products seem to be currently sold.
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Posted February 09, 2016
This material looks really interesting, even for people not really versed in programming, but contrarily interested in both computers and history (yup, these books are totally "primary sources" from the era of the 1st advent of home computing)! Thanks for the link to this stuff! :-) Bookmarked the usborne link, and will download the books later today...
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Treasure: This material looks really interesting, even for people not really versed in programming, but contrarily interested in both computers and history (yup, these books are totally "primary sources" from the era of the 1st advent of home computing)! Thanks for the link to this stuff! :-) Bookmarked the usborne link, and will download the books later today...
Thats the reason i posted this. I had a zx spectrum i remember playing skool daze & dizzy.
Posted February 09, 2016
Nice find. I actually have some old magazines from back then. Still remember the thrill of typing code in from a mag for hours on end, submitting it, and getting an error and losing it all :o) (Much like getting to a high level on R-Type, and then getting an RTape loading Error!)
Posted February 09, 2016
Wish I still had my Commodore 64...
Posted February 09, 2016
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WinterSnowfall: Wish I still had my Commodore 64...
You could code in an emulator.
Posted February 09, 2016
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DrakoPensulo: Thanks for sharing. "Machine Code for Beginners" (6502) is especially interesting.
ditto. Thanks armedready.
Posted February 09, 2016
Ahhh, my old summers revisited. Cheers!! :D
Posted February 09, 2016
Thank you for posting!
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