FishGuy876 (17:46:00)
That should have ended: so i tought them how to make basic fighting games in the BASIC part of the machine hehe

FishGuy876 (17:45:24)
The Z88 couldnt display regular graphics easily, so it was mostly just text character animations hehe

FishGuy876 (17:45:07)
No, it wasnt boring. The kids mostly used it for note taking. The ones who liked the programming wanted to make fighting games such as the ones in the arcade at the time, which was probbably double dragon and maybe even pitfighter/mortal combat, so i tough

Philmonator (17:43:00)
oh, wow. how fascinated were the other kids in class about that stuff? what was it seen like? was it as boring as a calculator is today?

FishGuy876 (17:40:38)
https://en.wikipedia.org

FishGuy876 (17:40:19)
Sadly the pilot only lasted for a year

FishGuy876 (17:40:02)
But it also had very powerful word processors and spreadsheet tools for the kids to use in-class, and eeproms to transfer files back and forth. Was very neat stuff

FishGuy876 (17:39:35)
My brother was part of a special group of kids who got to prototype an in-school program with the Cambridge Z88 machine, so i was brought in to help write transfer programs and teach those kids how to code on it. It used a simplistic version of BBC Basic

FishGuy876 (17:38:29)
Yes. I made tools for the kids to order parts for their craft classes (like wood etc.) and it would go to the machine shop guys who would then cut the parts they needed and have it ready

Philmonator (17:26:02)
you made programs for teachers? extra plus marks as payment coming right up. jokes aside, its very interesting to hear all of this (especially for me )

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