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> if I could get the [X] running it would be mine

This is huge. As a kid, this would motivate me to learn everything about X. Heck, for many values of X, I would find this motivating today!!

I love it.

But how did he handle the knowledge gap, where he could help but you would benefit from working through it yourself?

I imagine the same way I would do it, by having them try it out, fail, then explain where they went wrong. Do it for them, then undo it and have them try again.

Thank you for a wonderful idea.