On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 at 21:31, Brian L. Stuart via 9fans <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 13, 2025 at 03:23:26PM +0200, sirjofri via 9fans wrote: > > I'd like to see learning material or a course that starts at these basic > > things. Like, tell people what a transistor is and how it works, explain to > > the the fundamentals of a (simple) CPU, maybe on a breadboard. Then start > > to dive into programming by actually programming that machine as if you're > > driving a car or knitting socks, and so on. If someone has any experience > > with an approach like that (from a teaching perspective), I'd like to know > > more about it.
You might enjoy "Code" by Charles Petzold - I bought it for my daughter and ended up reading it myself. It starts with sending messages to a friend with a flashlight and goes through braille, morse code, logic gates, decoders, cpus, up to assembly language. Peter ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Tb685cd67e7406b5c-M740c5c9501ddadcb077d4119 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
