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mike_bike_kite · 07-26-2010, 05:35 AM

The machine I learnt to program on was an Acorn System 1. It just had a hex keypad and a little LED display. It had 1k of memory but, when you're programming directly in machine code, that seemed like a lot. This same computer was the computer used in the SciFi TV series Blake's Seven.

07-26-2010, 05:35 AM	#90
mike_bike_kite Digitally confused Posts: 500 Karma: 1500000 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: London, UK Device: KPW, K2i, Nexus 7 32gb, Kobo Mini	The machine I learnt to program on was an Acorn System 1. It just had a hex keypad and a little LED display. It had 1k of memory but, when you're programming directly in machine code, that seemed like a lot. This same computer was the computer used in the SciFi TV series Blake's Seven. Last edited by mike_bike_kite; 07-26-2010 at 05:39 AM.