Prodigy is what got me into programming. While trying to find something to do online, I came across their message boards for game programming.
I vividly remember following directions and downloading files to play a game someone else uploaded for QBasic. The first page of code were nothing but comments, so I naively assumed that computers could just "understand" prose and display it on screen.
The message boards were extremely helpful (where Red Baron was released!), and even had gurus who wrapped their names with tildes to distinguish themselves.
It got me into computers as well. I vividly remember checking their message boards on my IBM PS1 to get me through King's Quest VI back in the day. More importantly, I was able to find information on how to navigate DOS so I could free up the 20 megs of Hard Drive space I needed to play it.
I vividly remember following directions and downloading files to play a game someone else uploaded for QBasic. The first page of code were nothing but comments, so I naively assumed that computers could just "understand" prose and display it on screen.
The message boards were extremely helpful (where Red Baron was released!), and even had gurus who wrapped their names with tildes to distinguish themselves.
~Eric~