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HERE IT IS! HERE IT IS! https://www.atariarchives.org/basicgames/showpage.php?page=1...

THANK YOU so much for your help! I remember typing this stuff out on my TRS-80, the one that Dad totally could not afford but he took a chance on a future trend and an excited, troubled young boy. I know that this sounds silly, but I have tears in my eyes now. Thank you.

And, thank you for providing so many interesting paths to explore as well. You are the best, and I sincerely appreciate your help.


He even has a website: BekerBots http://www.bekerbots.com/thebots.htm


Fantastic! I love the art from those books. :)


Oh, these are so great! It really does look like the illustrator! Especially this one: https://www.atariarchives.org/basicgames/showpage.php?page=9... Thank you!


These books were classics back in the day, and are fondly remembered by hackers who got their start on micros in the 70s or 80s. Clearly they had an influence on you, too.


TAB books does seem to be the publisher of the book of the month series, thank you for that!


Thanks! A bit different, but definitely worth exploring more.

Here's a pretty close approximation of the illustrations: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4319242515/testors-robot-plasti...


I loved Byte magazine! Oh, that was the best. It was likely Popular Electronics where I found the Book of the Month club, but Hobby Electronics is a good path I'll investigate, thank you!


I bought a 3 year subscription to Byte with my first paycheque. The magazine ceased publication within a couple of months :(


Sadly, no, but these look like pretty interesting reads! Its around that time period though. I think the book had an illustration of a robot/machine. They were very much non-humanoid, more like piles of mechanical and electronics shaped for a purpose. Cartoony, but cool.


No, don't do that. We all live in the same time. Please take it back before the Gods notice.


I know of a couple: - How to fix damned near everything [1] - Reader's Digest Fix it yourself [2] - Audel's Carpenters and Builders guide [3]

That Audel's, my wife got me for Christmas a few years back at Lee Valley Tools, I think. Was about 1/3 of what the listed price is here.

[1] https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?ds=20&kn=how%...

[2] https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?ds=20&kn=read...

[3] https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/title/audels-carpenters...


You write well. I loved my days in restaurants, and you capture it way better than I ever could. I wish I could go back, but its impossible..


Are you referring to something other than a female chicken?


Well, thats how I imagined it. A hen mowing lawns and spending at once. Still impressive for a hen


It probably should be "when I turned 10".


swedish neuter pronoun


"They" would have been a lot less confusing here...


I'm baffled by why one would use a Swedish pronoun in an English text. We live in a strange world.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swenglish

Not uncommon for Swedish-first speakers - just accidental language bleed, as is the case with most other second language speakers.

(As for "strange world" - have you looked at the etymology of most English words? :p)


I'd guess its similar to Danish and hen meant "he" here, Han in Danish


This reminds me of something Jimmy Carr said.

Oh! gender neutral elder, oh! gender neutral elder, what’s a joke?

YOU ARE!


Is this a new neo-pronoun I'm not familiar with yet?


It was first coined in the 60s and has been floating around since, but it's really only seen regular use in the past decade or so.


Thank you!


"The summer he turned 10 was spent mowing lawns around his small town."


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