Teaching kids about computers...
classiccmp at memory-alpha.org.uk
Mon Nov 26 22:06:28 CST 2007
>>....the Beeb is a fairly formidable system to understand....
> Is it? Why? Are you talking abotu understanding how to program it, or
>understanding the hardware?
It's a very clever design, but looking at it from the point of view of
someone who's just learning about computer electronics, I think it would
look pretty daunting. The 64 is a much simpler system.
I think the Beeb would make an ideal SECOND system once they've got "the
>....has 64K*4 RAM, which is fiddled by the ULA to look like 32K*8
>to the processor. I am not joking.
I'd forgotten about that....did anyone ever figure out how much of a
performance hit the machine took because of that?
TTFN - Pete.
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