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What could be the best way to introduce the world of computers to a kid, let's say of 6 years old, so that he learns to handle it like a toy and stops dreading it like some esoteric, arcane and (thebrainbin.org)

submitted 1 day ago by TheracAriane@thebrainbin.org to c/programming@programming.dev

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[–] pelya@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Definitely videogames

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world -5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, get him an old console with a donkey kong cartridge or something to boot.

[–] pelya@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nah, it must be a PC, with broken audio socket on the motherboard, PCI soundcard with no drivers as a replacement, an IDE CD drive, only SATA sockets on the motherboard, and a stack of CDs with hundreds of DOS games on each. Plus $10 to buy an IDE-to-SATA adapter.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah apparently!