Comments on: Apple was ‘For’ the Commodore-64 App before they were ‘Against’ it http://www.geardiary.com/2009/09/08/apple-was-for-the-commodore-64-app-before-they-were-against-it/ Everyone can understand technology; sometimes it just takes a little translating. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael Andersonhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/09/08/apple-was-for-the-commodore-64-app-before-they-were-against-it/#comment-49114 Michael Anderson Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:09:13 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=46862#comment-49114 I completely agree with you breley ... but seriously, *what* was Manomio thinking? They had the app rejected for this, then upon resubmit barely tweaked it so it wasn't obviously accessible ... Personally I think that having a basic BASIC programming language is a great way for kids to learn and fiddle around ... I have the free-release VB.net on my kids' computer to help them work on those skills. I completely agree with you breley … but seriously, *what* was Manomio thinking? They had the app rejected for this, then upon resubmit barely tweaked it so it wasn’t obviously accessible …

Personally I think that having a basic BASIC programming language is a great way for kids to learn and fiddle around … I have the free-release VB.net on my kids’ computer to help them work on those skills.

]]> By: breleyhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/09/08/apple-was-for-the-commodore-64-app-before-they-were-against-it/#comment-49107 breley Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:06:40 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=46862#comment-49107 10 POKE 808,234 20 FOR COUNT=1 TO 10 30 PRINT "HELLO GEARDIARY.COM!" 40 NEXT COUNT 50 PRINT "GOODBYE!" 60 SYS64738 Bad BASIC! Bad! Of course, maybe there's a risk of someone pulling up an old COMPUTE! or RUN magazine and entering endless pages of program code columns of machine language code like 0CF1:F1 70 2F F3 78 2F FF FC C1 code that could do dastardly things...wow, I was doing dumb things like that before most graduate students were even born! I understand the legal precedent and such, but coming from an 8-bit emulator...well it sounds silly from a practicality standpoint. 10 POKE 808,234
20 FOR COUNT=1 TO 10
30 PRINT “HELLO GEARDIARY.COM!”
40 NEXT COUNT
50 PRINT “GOODBYE!”
60 SYS64738

Bad BASIC! Bad!

Of course, maybe there’s a risk of someone pulling up an old COMPUTE! or RUN magazine and entering endless pages of program code columns of machine language code like 0CF1:F1 70 2F F3 78 2F FF FC C1 code that could do dastardly things…wow, I was doing dumb things like that before most graduate students were even born!

I understand the legal precedent and such, but coming from an 8-bit emulator…well it sounds silly from a practicality standpoint.

]]> By: Ant Harperhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/09/08/apple-was-for-the-commodore-64-app-before-they-were-against-it/#comment-56042 Ant Harper Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:58:25 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=46862#comment-56042 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Apple was 'For' the Commodore-64 App before they were 'Against' it ...: Apple was 'For' .. http://bit.ly/qQfY7</span></span> Apple was ‘For’ the Commodore-64 App before they were ‘Against’ it …: Apple was ‘For’ .. http://bit.ly/qQfY7

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