The Little Coder's Predicament(viewsourcecode.org) |
The Little Coder's Predicament(viewsourcecode.org) |
The cheaper ones included the TRS80, Timex-Sinclair, the TI 99/4A. Turn them on and code. Yes I RTFMed first.
And once you stop looking at consoles, there are many programming languages suitable for beginners, many even web-based. For example, MIT Scratch is visual language, but satisfies many of author's requirements.