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joedunnon BBC Computer Literacy Project 1980 – 1989

I worked on the bbc machine (and its precursors). Was employee 21 at Acorn. Wish I could say I contributed significantly, but not really. I was there though! Wrote some of the Atom OS among many other things. And the “filing system” that wrote files to cassette tape. Now that was a startup (Acorn, I mean).

joedunnon Ask HN: Did you code in the 1980s? Which language(s) did you use? What for?

6502 assembly - we were building the Acorn BBC machine (!) BCPL - the "before C" language at Cambridge University Pascal, SNOBOL - just because Modula 2 - because it was sooo cool (and we were using a variant of our own with all kinds of neat stuff - like exceptions!)

joedunnon What should first time managers know?

...and $3.60 on thriftbooks. Win to thriftbooks...

joedunnon What should first time managers know?

the FYI book rents for $60 on amazon and sells for over $100. looks great though. thx.