I like that she is teaching him about computers/programming!

@AnonymousAccount514

3 ай бұрын

Well a woman was the first programmer, it was a woman who wrote the code that led us to the moon, it was a woman who coded the project used to see a black hole IRL…

This is gold. Reminds me of trying to key in games from books in my parent's 70's basement

I still own a TRS 80. This video is a back travel thru time... Thanks a lot

I wish I had a TRS-80 Model 1. Then I could solve complex equations and *rule the universe*!

Remember loading programs from cassette watching the asterisk blink only to have it come up "?" for error and had to adjust volume of tape and wait more minutes.

When printing "Hello JOHN" again and again "Now you can see how powerful this machine is". 😀

@patrick764

8 ай бұрын

That’s exactly what I was going to say.

Millions of names and billions of pieces of data on a machine with 4K to maybe 16K (don't recall the max) would be heck of an accomplishment. Guy was definitely out of his mind! Imagine what he thinks of mobile phones now?

Bellissimo video. Quel Computer era il mio sogno di adolescente. Purtroppo non ho avuto la possibilità di possedere un personal computer fino agli anni 90. Mi piace molto il modo in cui la ragazza spiega il funzionamento dei comandi BASIC.

When you type on those old keyboards it makes such a relaxing sound.

@jackilynpyzocha662

3 ай бұрын

It takes the edge off the exceptional excitement!

Ah yes, harkens back to the time when home computing was new and programming was FUN! And then came thing-oriented programming, frameworks, and middleware, and replaced the fun was lost, replaced with tedium. But there's still versions of BASIC you can use for programming Android devices to bring that fun back again and write your own apps.

@feywerfolevado6286

7 ай бұрын

I grew up using BASIC and later I tinkered around with BATCH~ Good memories

@capnrob97

6 ай бұрын

I agree. I have been a professional software developer since 1987. I have a few retro computers I use to program for fun. All the frameworks, toolsets, etc get tedious. I enjoy pushing BASIC to its limits on these old machines.

I had the Tandy TRS80 colour computer 2 back in 1983. I remember buying all the weekly mags with programs in that you could copy, I must of spent hours copying line after line into it.

Great video. The video ends with Roman numerals for 1979. At the end it says Copyright MCMLXXIX which translates to 1979. While this may have been filmed earlier, the infomercial was most likely distributed in 1979.

@CCLGamer

4 жыл бұрын

At 1:20 The computer responds with WHAT? to the syntax error in the typed command. So, this is a Model I Level I machine that was introduced 1977. The 1978 Model I Level II with the expanded BASIC early ROM would have answered SYNTAX ERROR. The later upgraded Model I LEVEL II BASIC ROM would have replied SN ERROR. The abbreviation of error messages was a creative way of making room for more code in ROM.

@CCLGamer

4 жыл бұрын

Soon, I will supply several advanced light pen programs for the TRS-80, including the Tic Tac Toe shown in the infomercial at 6:50 and the light show program, as well.

I learned BASIC on a TI 99 4 A in 1983. I am reviewing the language on a Mac running "MCX BASIC" TRS-80

@jeffnik

6 күн бұрын

Yeah ... gotta LOVE watching the screen flicker with each keypress! ;-) I had one, too.

So glad that "LET" was omitted in Level II BASIC>

@joemorris9501

2 жыл бұрын

It wasn't needed in Level 1 basic. They just put it in there to make more sense to the layman. They also wrote in full syntax whereas the Level 1 was unique in that it used "shorthand" ... like instead of "print" you could put "P." and then whatever you wanted to print, instead of "FOR L = etc etc" it would be "F.L= ... etc etc".

I miss the simplicity of those days

1979, according to the Roman numerals... Such innocent times, before the machines took over the world! LOL

@elijahvincent985

3 жыл бұрын

I'd love to visit that year if time machines ever become a reality. All the Conservative values rising, Browns & greens, videotapes, and many of the early computers! I'd love it I could buy an Atari 800 computer brand new with all the accessories and necessary software and then travel it back to modern times to have a "Brand-New" old computer! If only!

this is gold

I like how she teaches him!

@DrWoofOfficial

10 ай бұрын

Wdym

Anyone else realize that John is General Martok?

@dwaynegoforth3246

3 жыл бұрын

Well how crazy is that. I sure never realized it. He said in this video that if he could learn to program a computer that he could rule the world! How funny. Thanks

@stewrosster

3 жыл бұрын

@@dwaynegoforth3246 Yes too funny. J.G. Hertzler was only approximately 28 in this video. Everyone's gotta pay their bills ;-)

@billysmidway7032

Жыл бұрын

I just saw this video for the first time and thought “John” looked like J. G. Hertzler! That’s amazing!!!

@rkemble

8 ай бұрын

Yes, I could tell it was him from the laugh at the beginning.

This feels like there is an introduction missing at the start.

This was between the dinosaurs and cellphones periods.

End credits say it's copyright 1979, not 1977 as the KZread title suggests.

“I ‘gotta know more than this easy stuff if I’m ‘gonna take over the solar system...”

@Greg_Huff

Жыл бұрын

😂

Nikki Barthen was also in The Redeemer: Son of Satan! aka Class Reunion Massacre. And has no other acting credits.

@TheAnkMan

2 жыл бұрын

The other credit is to John Hertzler in The Redeemer as well as in this BASIC learning clip. Is this the same actor from Star Trek playing a Klingon? There he was known as "J.G. Hertzler". What a coincidence having both actors in two movies shot just one year apart. This is 1979 from the copyright note at the end though, not 1977.

They had voice recognition in what looks like the late 70s????

@markshade8398

9 ай бұрын

The early TRS-80 line had the ability to sample audio input with a DAC and store that as a file. It also could do some other basic stuff with audio.

I haven't used Level 1 basic since I bought my first Model 1 some 40 years ago - and I soon upgraded it to Level 2. Did Level 1 really accept "GO TO 10" and mash it together into the keyword I'm familiar with "GOTO"? I was fully expecting the L1 equivalent of a syntax error - but it seemed to accept it - and LIST showed the space was gone.

This series was called ADVENTURE OF THE MIND - anyone have more ep's of this ?

Apple's physical address is "One Infintite Loop"

I could change this program to figure out my GPA (Non-weighted/non-credited)! I can excel in Algebra, too!

Coool

I dont get why you would just type it to say hi john..what would people "program" theur computers to do?

I learned BASIC on a Tandy RLX 1000

@jackilynpyzocha662

Жыл бұрын

QBASIC

@jackilynpyzocha662

Жыл бұрын

I love the sound of the mechanical (clicky) keyboard!

@VintageVolts

Жыл бұрын

@@jackilynpyzocha662 It's not quite the same without line numbers. :)

Has anyone actually seen the book he is holding at the end?

10 A$ = "Belch" 20 B$ = "Me" 30 Print A$;B$ 40 Goto 30 Run

Basic seems like python

@alexanderfreeman

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, a much clunkier version of it.

BASIC coding its very easy for me

How do you write Z80 code on it? A friend had a TRS-80 and I programmed it back in the late 70's. Didn't know the word for semicolon so called it "Comma Dot". APPLE ][ was my favorite and I programmed back at Computer Land of Los Altos in 6502 and Basic preferably Woz's fast Integer basic instead of Microsoft slug slow floating point basic. Assembly code was the only way. BASIC sucked. CPU is fast enough to manage simple hardware sprites updated every scan line. A few TTL chips and there could of been way more awesome graphics.

@robodabbler

2 жыл бұрын

I believe PEEK and POKE in the BASIC prompt is how you could get assembler in there.

Random Number Generator(RNG)

16kb de memoria RAM puede correr BASIC? yo aprendi BASIC con un Atari 65XE en 1987 in Spain >80 CLS >90 PRINT "GOOD WORK! Dwayne Goforth" >RUN

Omg can't watch.

Is she "womansplaning"? lol Relax people, just a joke.

@perfectpREdAtori

Жыл бұрын

Bruh wut?