[Chris Gohlke]

Originally Posted by Rocco Augusto

Heck when I was little all I had was Windows 3.1, DOS and batch scripts. Those were the days

Hey, my first computer was a TI-99 4a - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments_TI-99/4A

Used DOS through high school.

Didn't get Windows until college.

[Chris Gohlke]

Originally Posted by Rocco Augusto

Heck when I was little all I had was Windows 3.1, DOS and batch scripts. Those were the days

Hey, my first computer was a TI-99 4a - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments_TI-99/4A

Used DOS through high school.

Didn't get Windows until college.

[Fellwalker]

Originally Posted by Chris Gohlke

Hey, my first computer was a TI-99 4a - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments_TI-99/4A

Used DOS through high school.

Didn't get Windows until college.

Pah! When I was little we didn't even have calculators.
When I went to University the only computer was a building, and we had to submit punch cards typed in PL1 (Programming Language 1).
My first computer was an Amstrad CPC464 that ran C/PM.
My next PC was custom made and used DR DOS 3, and GEM was better than the first version of Windows. It was a long time before Windows 3.1 made it usable.
Now I've got an XP PC, a Vista laptop and a PDA (HP hx4700) running Windows Mobile 2003SE. I still cannot get a decent screen size on a newer PDA, because I want GPS with it, and ideally a phone.
In actual cash amounts, I could get three or four top spec PCs for the cost of my first DOS PC. In real terms allowing for inflation, many more!

[Brothernod]

Originally Posted by Rocco Augusto

Im excited for the Kodu game creator. Usually when I work my daughter likes to stand/sit right next to me and ask the age old questions - "Why did you put that there?", "What does that do?", "Whats a function for?", "Why are you using the alligator mouth that eats the cookies?" (greater/less than signs), etc.

I really like that their is now an easy to use piece of software that can help children understand those concepts better and have fun while doing so. Heck when I was little all I had was Windows 3.1, DOS and batch scripts. Those were the days

I don't know how old she is but check out Small Basic by Microsoft. It's a beautiful IDE and has a great 100 page pdf tutorial. It's a simple teaching language, though it's all text.... OOOO and it has the logo turtle, which it's a great place to start learning coding.