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I am of average intelligence with no prior programming experience beyond basic web dev shit. I am, however, obsessed with old computers from the 80s such as the Spectrum ZX, C64 etc. It is my life's ambition to learn how to program in BASIC and hack around with these old legends from my childhood. I want to write a Spectrum game before I die, without the use of emulators.
Is it beyond the realm of possibility for a regular Joe like me to learn how to hack around with old school computers and their pitiful memory? This is a long term goal. Where do I even start?
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have you tried tilting at windmills?
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Old hardware is usually very well documented, companies werent as jewish and desperate to track their users back then. You can probably find hardware and programming manuals for the low on amazon for the device you have and you can find em for free online most likely
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Get an Amstrad CPC. Amstrads don't have a cult following since they weren't popular at all in the US (Even compared to the Spectrum/ZX81). This means they're cheap. Also, they have a great community in the UK, Spain and France. Oh, and they have Locomotive BASIC, which is best BASIC.
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>>58557643
Go to /vr/, those guys certainly know about old computers.
Anyway, you'd be better aiming for assembler, since BASIC is a slow (because it's high-level, duh) language.
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>>58557643
I wrote a spectrum game when I was 10. Its not difficult.
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Tell us more
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>>58557643
You'll have no problem, the resources are about you just might have to do some hunting.
It'll be a very rewarding hobby.
DO IT.
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