Programming the 80s

Published Categorized as computing, podcast
image via Damian Scattergood scattergood.io
image via Damian Scattergood scattergood.io

Before the 1980s coding was inaccessible and difficult. Along came affordable home computing and things got a little bit easier. But the simplistic capabilities of the hardware made the coding more challenging as bedroom coders pushed the chips to their limits. I talk to Damian Scattergood of scattergood.io about programming the early years of the home computer era and how pioneers (Damian included) created the early games industry.