What was Coding like 40 years ago?

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Take a trip back in time and let’s code the Snake Game in AppleSoft BASIC on a restored Apple II+ computer! GOTO and GOSUB! Line numbers!

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AppleSoft BASIC:
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Apple II Emulators:
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Editing by Mathieu Blanchette
Animations by Jason Heglund
Coding Together Theme by Will from America ()
Eye of the Tiger cover by Leon from @neoexplains
Additional music from from Epidemic Sound

Timestamps:
0:00 Hello from 1981!
0:35 Opening Theme
1:29 Getting started
1:50 Fundamentals: PRINT, line numbers, LIST, RUN, GOTO
3:50 HOME (clear screen)
4:10 Variables
5:11 HTAB, VTAB
5:24 GOTO
5:44 Animation
6:20 Subroutines and GOSUB
7:17 Peeks, Pokes, & Pointers
8:07 RETURN
8:35 Write IF for keyboard interaction
9:35 Delay loop
11:16 Working with Arrays (DIM)
13:47 Remarks (REM)
14:01 Random Food Position (RND)
15:26 Debugging Montage
17:34 Snake Subroutines
23:15 Move Food
25:44 Improvements
27:02 Emulators
27:25 Nebula Class! What is Code?