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1 million DiDIY "micro:bit" boards to be given to all 11-12 years olds in the UK

BBC Micro

35 years ago I bought a BBC micro computer. It was big and clunky and did not have many games, but it had a structured programming language (BBC Basic), and lots of ports and I knew I wanted it.  Although I had dabbled with programming before it was then that my programming ability really took off.