Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 13 hours ago
In this video I sit down with a real IBM 5150 PC and type in a simple BASIC game exactly the way many people learned programming in the early 1980s.
Starting with a sound demonstration program from the original IBM PC manual, I then enter and run “Gold Medal,” a BASIC game from the vintage Scholastic Inc. book Computer Olympics.
Topics covered include:
• IBM 5150 BASIC programming
• IBM PC Cassette BASIC and IBM BASIC
• Typing in programs from vintage computer books
• Retro game programming techniques
• IBM PC speaker sound programming
• BASIC commands and syntax
• Learning to code in the early 1980s
• Running games on original IBM PC hardware
• Vintage computing and retro programming
This video was recorded on a real IBM 5150 using original hardware and software, not emulation.
If you enjoy retro computing, BASIC programming, IBM PCs, vintage technology, classic computer games, or learning how programming was taught in the early home computer era, consider subscribing for more retro programming and vintage computer content.
#IBM5150 #BASICProgramming #RetroComputing #VintageComputers #IBMPC #RetroProgramming #OldComputers #ComputerOlympics #PCSpeaker #ClassicComputers
In this video I sit down with a real IBM 5150 PC and type in a simple BASIC game exactly the way many people learned programming in the early 1980s.
Starting with a sound demonstration program from the original IBM PC manual, I then enter and run “Gold Medal,” a BASIC game from the vintage Scholastic Inc. book Computer Olympics.
Topics covered include:
• IBM 5150 BASIC programming
• IBM PC Cassette BASIC and IBM BASIC
• Typing in programs from vintage computer books
• Retro game programming techniques
• IBM PC speaker sound programming
• BASIC commands and syntax
• Learning to code in the early 1980s
• Running games on original IBM PC hardware
• Vintage computing and retro programming
This video was recorded on a real IBM 5150 using original hardware and software, not emulation.
If you enjoy retro computing, BASIC programming, IBM PCs, vintage technology, classic computer games, or learning how programming was taught in the early home computer era, consider subscribing for more retro programming and vintage computer content.
#IBM5150 #BASICProgramming #RetroComputing #VintageComputers #IBMPC #RetroProgramming #OldComputers #ComputerOlympics #PCSpeaker #ClassicComputers
