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1980's ...early 1980 or 81.
Tottenham court road and Laskys (Spelling) electronic store.
They had a computer department , with PET and Apple II computers and like.
Me and my mate (we were 17 at the tiime) , used to hang about the department and play with the IT.
Even answer questions to the public at times.
Anyway ..manager chucks us out of store ...he don't like idea of two spotty youth knowing more about the IT than his staff.
Later that day ...revisit store and see a APPLE II ..running a basic program playing thr game of hangman.
So break out of prog and list Basic Code.
Change code and add some not so pleasant words and remove all other words from Data statements.
Then wait about ....
Woman walks up with son aged about 14 ...store advisor explains what a computer is and starts game off ...
The word builds letter by letter as little Joey and mum and assistant play and try to guess word ...
W _ N _ _ R .......W_N_KE_ ......man hangs and word is revealed ....
oh to see the guys face ....