> ... I think they need some sort of hardware package similar to an old Apple //e that gives them just enough rope to hang themselves.
Something like https://miniscript.org/MiniMicro/ perhaps? It's a virtual machine rather than real hardware, but apart from using disk image files instead of real floppy drives, the experience should be rather similar to what we* grew up on.
* Mine was a KayPro II running CP/M rather than an Apple //e, but you get the idea.
Something like https://miniscript.org/MiniMicro/ perhaps? It's a virtual machine rather than real hardware, but apart from using disk image files instead of real floppy drives, the experience should be rather similar to what we* grew up on.
* Mine was a KayPro II running CP/M rather than an Apple //e, but you get the idea.