From: Starting Up the Amstrad: Your First BASIC Commands
applicationself-reflection

How has our relationship with computers changed?

In 1984, you had to learn a bit of code just to load a tape game. Today, we swipe and tap without thinking. This makes tech easier to use, but we lose a bit of understanding about how the magic actually works inside the box.

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Think about one app you use every day. Try to imagine three simple instructions a programmer had to write to make that app respond to your touch.

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The RUN command executes a saved sequence of numbered lines.
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Amstrad BASIC was built directly into the computer's physical memory chip.
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The PRINT command is the most basic way to output data in Amstrad BASIC.
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