December 11 2023, 18:38

I am reading Elon Musk’s biography by Walter Isaacson. It’s very engaging and interesting. For instance, it mentions that in 1984, when Elon was 12, he mailed a game he programmed in basic to the “PC and Office Technology” magazine. I googled it, and there it was—the magazine. In the comments— a video of the game itself.

In the book, it turns out he developed the game for the IBM PC/XT, but from the screenshot, it’s clear it was actually a “Spectrum”—well, okay, a different brand, Spectravideo 318 / 328 home computer, with a Zilog Z80 processor. It has Microsoft Basic built-in.

I highly recommend this book