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MemoirBASICMy brother typed in a Hello World loop from the orange Sinclair manual. I changed one line, hit RUN, and turned around for an audience that wasn't there.
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My brother typed in a Hello World loop from the orange Sinclair manual. I changed one line, hit RUN, and turned around for an audience that wasn't there.
A borrowed copy of Dynamite Dan, a copy-protection scheme that beat "The Key", and a brother who traded it away for Engineer Humpty on the strength of the cover alone.
A whole issue of INPUT magazine, typed in blind and left to render for the length of a coffee break — and a brother who wanted to know why none of it was a game.