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Re: Commodore 64 Ultimate Starlight

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D> You told him not to introduce the kids to that same joy he
D> experienced with an end-of-world urgency. As if they'll be irreparably
D> harmed by it. Sheesh.
D>
D> He's doing it to bond with the kids. Maybe he will help them code their
D> own games and get that satisfaction like he did. For years magazines
D> supplied source code for games. I used to stay in the computer lab after
D> school to code them myself, since we didn't have a computer at my
D> home. We had atari game system.
D>
D> --- PyGate Linux v1.5.12
D>  * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)

That's basically it (no pun intended).  It's just a bonding exercise and
sparking their interest seeing that they can write something that makes a
computer follow their instructions.   Unfortunately, they weren't really
interested yet; they're only 3 and 5 ;)

... To quote the Librarian at Unseen University, "Oook!"

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Re: Commodore 64 Ultimate Starlight Bo Holt <usenet@vk3heg.net> - 2026-04-08 05:30 +0000

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