Ask HN: Is there a modern “power on to basic” computer, for kids to learn on?
For those of us who grew up in the 8-bit era, this has a lot of appeal since that&#x27;s how we got engaged.  But for most kids today, is this sort of ab initio approach really the right way to go about it?  Based on my experience with a few different types of kids&#x2F;personalities, I&#x27;m skeptical.<p>Dropping them into the command line &#x2F; IDE of any language &#x2F; environment is likely to leave them both unimpressed and lost.  Neither the Raspberry Pi (more software oriented) or Arduino (more hardware oriented) is going to be terribly impressive from a standalone point of view compared to the PC&#x2F;iPhone&#x2F;XBox they&#x27;re used to.  But the thing they&#x27;ve got going for them are a lot of cool projects other people have done with them, step-by-step tutorials, and pre-built stuff that&#x27;s relatively easy to re-create and&#x2F;or integrate.  Will the 8-bit recreation you have in mind have any of that?