大概是吧！小时候，我在真正摸到电脑的大约一年前，就从 Russ Walter 的《The Secret Guide to Computers》里自学了基础的 Basic。我觉得这很有用，让我早早就知道计算机没什么神秘的，它只是按指令行事而已。虽然我记得当时自己也感到特别困惑……
Probably! When I was a kid I learned elementary Basic from Russ Walter's Secret Guide to Computers about a year before I ever put my hands on an actual computer. I think it was helpful to know computers were nothing mysterious, they just followed instructions. Although I remember being really confused…
小时候，不知怎么搞的，我弄到了一本 Russ Walter 写的 1989 年版《The Secret Guide to Computers》。尽管我拿到它的时候（大概是 1995 或 1996 年前后）它就已经过时了，但出于好几个原因，我觉得它简直是个让人着迷的宝藏资源。首先，它是我的启蒙……
When I was a kid, I somehow ended up with a copy of the 1989 edition of The Secret Guide to Computers, by Russ Walter. While it was already outdated by the time I got it (this would be around 1995 or 1996), I found it an absolutely fascinating resource for a number of reasons. One, it was my introduction…
……而且怀着恰到好处的轻信去接受那些离奇荒诞的故事，那叙事相当引人入胜。就是这本书，外加几期《Electronic Fun with Computers and Games》以及一本复印版的《The Secret Guide to Computers》，让作为 80 年代小孩的我真正迷上了计算机。读像《Inner Circle》这样的书或类似的文章，或许为黑客塑造了一种英雄神话，那种有时看起来……
…and just enough credulity to accept the wildness of the story, it was quite a captivating narrative. This book, a few issues of Electronic Fun with Computers and Games and a photocopied version of The Secret Guide to Computers were what really turned me on to computers as a kid in the 80's. Reading a book like Inner Circle or an article like this may have provided a certain hero myth for hackers, the kind which sometimes seems…
我小时候拥有一本很古怪的计算机手册，而且看得很开心，那就是《The Secret Guide to Computers》。https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Guide_to_Computers 搞怪的插图和幽默，内容相当驳杂且极具个人观点，从硬件到不同的操作系统再到 CS 概念，……
A very strange computer manual that I had and enjoyed as a kid is The Secret Guide to Computers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Guide_to_Computers Weird illustrations and humor and pretty eclectic and very opinionated coverage, from hardware to different operating systems to CS concepts,…
大概是吧！小时候，我在真正摸到电脑的大约一年前，就从 Russ Walter 的《The Secret Guide to Computers》里自学了基础的 Basic。我觉得这很有用，让我早早就知道计算机没什么神秘的，它只是按指令行事而已。虽然我记得当时自己也感到特别困惑……
Probably! When I was a kid I learned elementary Basic from Russ Walter's Secret Guide to Computers about a year before I ever put my hands on an actual computer. I think it was helpful to know computers were nothing mysterious, they just followed instructions. Although I remember being really confused…
小时候，不知怎么搞的，我弄到了一本 Russ Walter 写的 1989 年版《The Secret Guide to Computers》。尽管我拿到它的时候（大概是 1995 或 1996 年前后）它就已经过时了，但出于好几个原因，我觉得它简直是个让人着迷的宝藏资源。首先，它是我的启蒙……
When I was a kid, I somehow ended up with a copy of the 1989 edition of The Secret Guide to Computers, by Russ Walter. While it was already outdated by the time I got it (this would be around 1995 or 1996), I found it an absolutely fascinating resource for a number of reasons. One, it was my introduction…
……而且怀着恰到好处的轻信去接受那些离奇荒诞的故事，那叙事相当引人入胜。就是这本书，外加几期《Electronic Fun with Computers and Games》以及一本复印版的《The Secret Guide to Computers》，让作为 80 年代小孩的我真正迷上了计算机。读像《Inner Circle》这样的书或类似的文章，或许为黑客塑造了一种英雄神话，那种有时看起来……
…and just enough credulity to accept the wildness of the story, it was quite a captivating narrative. This book, a few issues of Electronic Fun with Computers and Games and a photocopied version of The Secret Guide to Computers were what really turned me on to computers as a kid in the 80's. Reading a book like Inner Circle or an article like this may have provided a certain hero myth for hackers, the kind which sometimes seems…
我小时候拥有一本很古怪的计算机手册，而且看得很开心，那就是《The Secret Guide to Computers》。https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Guide_to_Computers 搞怪的插图和幽默，内容相当驳杂且极具个人观点，从硬件到不同的操作系统再到 CS 概念，……
A very strange computer manual that I had and enjoyed as a kid is The Secret Guide to Computers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Guide_to_Computers Weird illustrations and humor and pretty eclectic and very opinionated coverage, from hardware to different operating systems to CS concepts,…