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Old 02-10-2016, 06:28 PM   #1
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Free (PDF) Usborne 1980s Computer Books for Children
To coincide with Usborne publishing a new series of computer books for children, the publisher has released as PDF downloads fifteen of its 1980s computer books for the same market. Note that these books were written for the 8-bit micros that were common in the UK at the time but nevertheless they may still be a useful introduction to computing (for adults as well as children!) although be wary that they use the then current definition of a kilobyte (1024 bytes) instead of the modern term kibibyte. Also note that the PDFs are composed of image scans of the pages and the text has not been OCRed.

http://www.usborne.com/catalogue/fea...ing-books.aspx

The titles (and size of the files) are as follows:

Introductions to programming series
  • Programming Tricks and Skills (15.3 MiB)
  • Machine Code for Beginners (19.4 MiB)
  • Introduction to Computer Programming - BASIC for beginners (16.2 MiB)
  • Practical Things to do with a Microcomputer (17.6 MiB)

Computer games listings
  • Computer Spy Games (9.8 MiB)
  • Weird Computer Games (14.8 MiB)
  • Creepy Computer Games (26.8 MiB)
  • Computer Battle Games (16.2 MiB)
  • Computer Space Games (17.8 MiB)

Adventure games series
  • The Mystery of Silver Mountain (14.1 MiB)
  • Island of Secrets (12 MiB)
  • Write Your Own Fantasy Games (44.7 MiB)
  • Write Your Own Adventure Programs (39.2 MiB)

First computer library series
  • Computer Fun (5.8 MiB)
  • Simple Basic (16.8 MiB)
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be wary that they use the then current definition of a kilobyte (1024 bytes) instead of the modern term kibibyte.
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Old 02-11-2016, 06:16 PM   #3
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I knew precisely what you were linking to as soon as I saw the letters XKCD.
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Usborne has released a further five of their 1980s computer books as PDF downloads. The URL has changed slightly from the one given above, although that link will take you to the new address, the address is now

https://usborne.com/browse-books/fea...-coding-books/

Scroll to the bottom of the page, and in addition to the books mentioned above you will find the following titles:
  • Practise Your BASIC (34 MiB)
  • Better BASIC (35.2 MiB)
  • How to Make Computer-Controlled Robots (39 MiB)
  • Experiments with your Computer (30.3 MiB)
  • Introduction to Keyboards & Computer Music (30.1 MiB) [musical keyboards - obviously]
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Very cool that they've added more to the selection. I always liked the old school Usborne books in the library and found them both informative and entertaining, even if sometimes the info was kind of retro. for keeping us updated!
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