Learning How Computers Work – Comparing Approaches of the 1980s

In a previous post I've been musing about how in the 1980s, microcomputer learning kits appeared on the market to teach kids and adults how computers work. Note that this is different from learning how to work with computers or even how to program them in a higher level language as in both cases the … Continue reading Learning How Computers Work – Comparing Approaches of the 1980s

Learning How Computers Work vs. How To Work With Computers

Nostalgia post – part 2. During the revival of my electronic kits use from my teenage years about which I blogged previously I stumbled over a 30 year old computer advertisement conveniently put on the back of one of the instruction manuals. No, we are not talking about computers as we know them today. No, … Continue reading Learning How Computers Work vs. How To Work With Computers