---
title: "Programming for the Complete Idiot"
type: "article"
slug: "programming-for-the-complete-idiot"
url: "http://localhost/article/programming-for-the-complete-idiot/"
markdown_url: "http://localhost/article/programming-for-the-complete-idiot.md"
published_at: "2026-01-21T16:53:11+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-01-21T16:54:07+00:00"
featured_image:
  url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20230809-041332.jpg"
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  - name: "CTM"
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    url: "http://localhost/category/periodicals/ctm/"
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  - name: "1984"
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    url: "http://localhost/tag/year-1984/"
  - name: "Amateur radio"
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    url: "http://localhost/tag/amateur-radio/"
  - name: "TS 2068"
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    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/ts2068/"
  - name: "Type-in program"
    slug: "type-in-program"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/type-in-program/"
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  - name: "Timex/Sinclair 2068"
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    url: "http://localhost/model/ts-2068/"
indiv:
  - name: "Ken Carpenter (KC4UG)"
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    url: "http://localhost/indiv/ken-carpenter/"
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  id: 21536
  title: "Computer Trader Magazine"
  type: "periodical"
  url: "http://localhost/periodical/ctm/"
authors: "Ken Carpenter"
authors_r:
  - name: "Ken Carpenter (KC4UG)"
    slug: "ken-carpenter"
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    url: "http://localhost/indiv/ken-carpenter/"
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  - id: 52352
    title: "Computer Trader Magazine Aug 1984"
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    url: "http://localhost/issue/computer-trader-magazine/"
pages: "63-64"
pubdate: "August 1984"
archive_link: false
---

# Programming for the Complete Idiot