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10 PRINT "NOSTALGIA", 20 GOTO 10 – Wired reminisces about BASIC

Yoy Luadha / 9:58 am PT Sun Aug 4, 2024
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When I was a kid, I briefly had a friend who built the first computer I ever saw. I long ago forgot the friend's name, but I remember the name he gave the computer: Laurie (after Laurie Partridge, natch).…

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