Historical museum of retro gaming destroyed by war

The Russian attack on Mariupol resulted in the destruction of almost all buildings in the city, including museums and every other place dedicated to preserving memory. Among these buildings, there is also the famous it8bit Club, the largest Ukrainian private museum dedicated to the history of computers, which was completely destroyed following the bombing of the city. War is a[…]

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Retrocoding fun. No installations, no dependencies, no downloads

Learning to code in the 1980s meant learning BASIC. No installations, no dependencies, no downloads. Just you, some type-in listings, and an 8-bit computer. It’s coding like it’s 1985. BASIC is a fun, easy to learn language that was standard on 80s home computers and inspired a generation to program. BASIC means Beginners’ All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code and identifies a[…]

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