A childs guide to the Commodore 64
A Child's Guide to the Commodore 64 is a 1985 introduction to the Commodore 64 and its BASIC for children, by John Dewhirst, published by Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0 521 31538 7.[1] The numbered pages run to 95, which matches the Open Library record.[2]
Each section is presented by a cartoon "expert": Pru Comet the typist on the keyboard, P. C. Truemo on getting started, Prof. O. Crumpet on writing programs, Mort Puce on graphics and the special features, and a reference section at the end.[3]
Contents
[edit | edit source]Page numbers are from the contents list.[3]
- Introduction, p. 4
- The keyboard (control, number, letter, edit and symbol keys), p. 7
- Getting started (the computer as a typewriter and a calculator; the memory; storing information), p. 21
- Writing programs, with projects, p. 33
- Special features (graphics and colour, function keys, the real-time clock, projects), p. 64
- Finding out: reference sections on commands, statements, functions, operators, reserved variables and symbols, p. 82
What this book does not contain
[edit | edit source]It has no hardware or service information; Commodore's repair documentation is in the Commodore 64 / 64C Service Manual. The 101-page scan includes the covers and a closing page from retro-commodore.eu.
Download: Cambridge A childs guide to the Commodore 64.pdf (26 MB)
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ John Dewhirst, A Child's Guide to the Commodore 64 (Cambridge University Press, 1985), title page and copyright page (PDF pp. 2-3).
- ↑ Open Library, A child's guide to the Commodore 64, record OL21498680M. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dewhirst, A Child's Guide to the Commodore 64, Contents and Introduction, pp. 3-4.