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I'd wager that a complete 8-bit system with printer and cassette storage is a better tool for learning.

I'd wager that the better tool for learning is the one that gets kids to engage. They're not going to engage on an 8-bit system with printer and cassette storage, but they will with something they can make a pretty game and control a drone.

It depends on what you're after, I guess.

I'm betting the boundless possibilities presented by direct I/O control of a servo would do more to equip a kid for life than the range of choices presented in an app.

Making your ideas manifest is fascinating, regardless of whether they're tangible.

Personally, I want my kid to be on the TX pair, not the RX.

My first computer had cassette storage. I would not want to inflict that on anyone.

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