there was also a really great game called Rocky's Boots we had on
the Apple II+ that was meant to teach about electronics design.
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/831/Rockys+Boots.html
-jmz
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 2:29 PM, Stephen <
cryptworks@gmail.com> wrote:
> those are cool, they didnt have them when i was a kid...
>
> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Joshua Zeidner <jjzeidner@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 1:51 PM, Alex Dean <alex@crackpot.org> wrote:
>>> On Feb 15, 2010, at 2:24 PM, Alan Dayley wrote:
>>>
>>>> Suggestion: Don't give her a computer. The best form of education for
>>>> any child or adult does NOT directly involve computers. She will have
>>>> computers pushed upon her soon enough, no need to rush it.
>>>
>>> I second that. My 3-year-old son built a computer for himself by drawing a
>>> keyboard on a donut box with crayons. He's 'worked' on his computer many
>>> times since then. He's provided detailed explanations from him about what
>>> the various buttons do.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> If you must, to keep her off your keys, just give her an old keyboard.
>>>> Let her imagination provide the rest of the computer.
>>>
>>> Another good idea. Keyboards are easy to get at goodwill if you don't
>>> already have a spare. Plugging the cord into a cardboard box helps get
>>> things rolling.
>>>
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>>
>>
>> I had an electronics set when I was a kid, something like this:
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000683A4?ie=UTF8&tag=joshzeid-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0000683A4
>>
>> but not exactly... thats how I learned the basics of logic which led
>> to BASIC, Apple II Assembler, AP Computer Science, and a BS in
>> Computer Science.
>>
>> -jmz
>>
>>
>>
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