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The kid and I had a great time at the Centre for Computing History in Cambridge today. As I anticipated he had fun playing old games on the many computers, games consoles and arcade machines, but he was also surprisingly interested in writing 2 line BASIC programs on the BBC computers in the "80's classroom" room.

https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/

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Close up photo of the keyboard of a 1980's BBC microcomputer
Photo of two BBC microcomputers lined up on a long table.
Photo of child typing on the keyboard of a 1980's BBC microcomputer with a CRT monitor.
Photo of the BBC microcomputer User Guide.

The Centre for Computing History - Computer and Video Game Museum - Cambridge

The Centre for Computing History is a computer and video game museum based in Cambridge, UK. With a collection of vintage computers and game consoles, many of the exhibits are hands on and interactive.
www.computinghistory.org.uk
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BASIC Co-Inventor Thomas E. Kurtz has Passed Away.

It’s with sadness that we note the passing of Thomas Eugene Kurtz, on November 12th. He was co-inventor of the BASIC programming language back in the 1960s. The legacy of his work lives on in the generation of technologists.

>10 PRINT "Rest in Peace"
>20 GOTO 10

https://computerhistory.org/blog/in-memoriam-thomas-e-kurtz-1928-2024/

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The origins of BASIC lie in the Dartmouth Timesharing System, like similar timesharing operating systems of the day, designed to allow the resources of a single computer to be shared across many terminals. In this case the computer was at Dartmouth College, and BASIC was designed to be a language with which software could be written by average students who perhaps didn’t have a computing background. In the decade that followed it proved ideal for the new microcomputers, and few were the home computers of the era which didn’t boot into some form of BASIC interpreter. Kurtz continued his work as a distinguished academic and educator until his retirement in 1993, but throughout he remained as the guiding hand of the language.
[ImageSource: Computerhistory.org] “Thomas Eugene Kurtz (Feb. 22 1928–Nov. 12, 2024) was an American mathematician, computer scientist and co-inventor, with John Kemeny, of the BASIC programming language and Dartmouth Timesharing System.”

In Memoriam: Thomas E. Kurtz, 1928–2024 - CHM

CHM remembers the remarkable career and contributions of 2023 Fellow Thomas E. Kurtz, who passed away on November 12, 2024.
hhackford (Computer History Museum)
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