Electronic Life: How to Think about Computers |
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... tion , from prerecorded floppy disks or from keyboard input . And the computer also needs an output device , in this case a monitor or a printer , so you will know what is happening . Thus a component stereo and a component computer are ...
... tion , from prerecorded floppy disks or from keyboard input . And the computer also needs an output device , in this case a monitor or a printer , so you will know what is happening . Thus a component stereo and a component computer are ...
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... tion manual , and follow along . Don't feel discouraged if you are doing simple things . Complexity is not the point . The point is familiarity . ( I've included a simple , take - control routine for the Apple computer and the IBM ...
... tion manual , and follow along . Don't feel discouraged if you are doing simple things . Complexity is not the point . The point is familiarity . ( I've included a simple , take - control routine for the Apple computer and the IBM ...
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... tion : if you're upset and making an unusually large number of typos today , the machine won't notice . Although some computer systems require a password or other identification , they can't be said to " know " you , or to remember past ...
... tion : if you're upset and making an unusually large number of typos today , the machine won't notice . Although some computer systems require a password or other identification , they can't be said to " know " you , or to remember past ...
Common terms and phrases
50 PRINT answer Apple Apple Computer Apple II arcade games artificial intelligence backup beginners better butler calculator called CHING chip COIN COLOR computer art computer programs copy CP/M create creative cursor DATA devices disk drives error fact feel film floppy disks GOSUB GOTO graphics HELLO HEXAGRAM HLIN HTAB human IBM Personal Computer INPUT instructions INT RND interaction Joseph Weizenbaum keyboard language LOCATE look means memory MICHAEL CRICHTON microchip microprocessor monitor NUCLEAR operating system Personal Computer PRINT CHR PRINT SPC printer problem PUSSYCAT puter screen SHRDLU small computers SOOTHSAYER stereo talking tape telephone tell There's thing tion TRIGRAMS Turn the machine type LIST Type PRINT Type SAVE typewriter users VLIN VTAB 24 what's whirrs word processor write