Remember this well. Though my three line programs were a little more mischievous. When Boots the Chemist weirdly started selling computers I thought it was fun to go in on a Saturday afternoon and type:
10 PRINT "Boots is rubbish, shop at Dixons.";
20 GOTO 10
I thought I was a genius. Probably should have got a slimy career in adtech after that, but thankfully I didn't.
the WHSmiths shops had some of their computers sound amplified through the cassette players
a mischeivious program of
10 pause (big number)
20 beep
30 goto 20
it would sit there for ages until a key was pressed, then beep very loud when a person - who's very first touch of a computers keyboard, would seemly set an alarm off.
the faces of the customers thinking they've broke the computer is still etched in my mind
Sinclair Spectrums, BBC Model B and so on!
It was glorious!
It was so exciting as a kid!
Going to each of them and writing 3 lines of basic to print my name infinitely!
A truely golden age of discovery!