Bob Albrecht (1) (1930–)
Auteur van Atari Basic (Wiley Self-Teaching Guides)
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Bob Albrecht is a pioneer in the field of computers in education and the use of games in education, and has been a long-time supporter of computers for everyone. He was instrumental in helping bring about a public-domain version of Basic (called Tiny Basic) for early microcomputers. Joining forces with George Firedrake and Dennis Allison, he co-founded People's Computer Company (PCC) in 1972, and also produced and edited People's Computer Company, a periodical devoted to computer education, computer games, Basic programming, and personal use of computers.
Bob has authored or coauthored more than 30 books and 200 articles, including many books about Basic and educational games. Along with Dennis Allison, he established Dr. Dobb's Journal, a professional journal of software tools for advanced computer programmers. He was involved in establishing organizations, publications, and events such as Portola Institute, ComputerTown USA, Calculators/Computers Magazine, and the Learning Fair at Peninsula School in Menlo Park, California (now called the Peninsula School Spring Fair).
Current adventures include writing Kindle books, tutoring high school and college students in math and physics, and running HurkleQuest play-by-email games for elementary-school teachers and their students.
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I read this 1972 pamphlet thoroughly in August, 1977, the same month that I placed my order for the first Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I Micro Computer sold in Knoxville, Tennessee. I hoped that by reading this book, I would be ready to start programming as soon as my TRS-80 arrived.
Alas, this booklet was not about the TRS-80. It was about programming in BASIC on a TTY (teletypewriter). TTYs were big, noisy, monstrosities. Output was sent clickity-clack to a roll of paper one character at a time, not silently and smoothly as happened on a video display monitor. I had seen and heard TTYs in operation, but it was never my "privilege" to use one.
The main benefit I received from this book is that it took away my fear of breaking something if I made a bad mistake at the keyboard. Albrecht encouraged his readers to experiment, gamble, guess -- then try it!
As it turned out, Albrecht used a primitive form of BASIC that was an almost perfect match for the tiny rendering of 4K BASIC embedded in ROM inside my TRS-80. I was ready to "experiment, gamble, and guess" as soon as I took my Model I home from my local Radio Shack store in October, 1977. Albrecht's book became my first teacher.… (meer)
Alas, this booklet was not about the TRS-80. It was about programming in BASIC on a TTY (teletypewriter). TTYs were big, noisy, monstrosities. Output was sent clickity-clack to a roll of paper one character at a time, not silently and smoothly as happened on a video display monitor. I had seen and heard TTYs in operation, but it was never my "privilege" to use one.
The main benefit I received from this book is that it took away my fear of breaking something if I made a bad mistake at the keyboard. Albrecht encouraged his readers to experiment, gamble, guess -- then try it!
As it turned out, Albrecht used a primitive form of BASIC that was an almost perfect match for the tiny rendering of 4K BASIC embedded in ROM inside my TRS-80. I was ready to "experiment, gamble, and guess" as soon as I took my Model I home from my local Radio Shack store in October, 1977. Albrecht's book became my first teacher.… (meer)
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I suppose the authors could make this claim because Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (BASIC) was designed as a simple language which could be learned in a few short hours.
Albrecht et al developed the programs in this book in Microsoft BASIC on a MITS Altair 8800B computer. This turned out to be the same version of BASIC that was used in my TRS-80 Model I Micro Computer. Radio Shack called it Level II Extended BASIC.
The material in this book is presented in short sections called frames, following the programmed learning style championed by behaviorist, B. F. Skinner. Each frame introduces something new about BASIC, asks the reader a question, and lets the reader fill in the blank. Correct answers are given following a dashed line.
Questions at the end of each chapter let you know if any frames need to be repeated. A final self-test provides the student feedback about his or her overall understanding of BASIC.
To make a long story short, I'm glad I didn't try to learn BASIC programming without the aid of a personal computer. The computerless approach taken in this book didn't cut it for me.… (meer)