As part of the update to the Usborne’s coding books for today’s kids releasing two new books:

• Lift-the-flap computers and coding
• Coding for beginners using Scratch

Usborne have released some of their 1980 computer books as PDF’s that can be downloaded for personal use.

The released titles include:

Introductions to Programming

• Programming Tricks and Skills
• Machine Code for Beginners
• Computer Programming
• Practical Things to do with a Microcomputer

Computer Games Listings

• Computer Spy Games
• Weird Computer Games
• Creepy Computer Games
• Computer Battlegames
• Computer Spacegames

Adventure Games

• The Mystery of Silver Mountain
• Islands of Secrets
• Write your own Fantasy Games
• Write your own Adventure Games

First Computer Library

• Computer Fun
• Simple Basic

Definitely a blast from the past. Thank you Usborne for taking me back to my early years! Now where is that emulator software….

Source

Click to access programming-tricks-and-skills.pdf