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Commodore 64 getting the most from it

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Commodore 64: Getting the Most From It is a guide to setting up, using and programming the Commodore 64 by Tim Onosko, copyright 1983. The scan is the Prentice-Hall International edition (ISBN 0-13-152273-6), printed in the United Kingdom; its printing line shows the third printing, 1984. The copyright page also gives the US ISBN, 0-89303-380-4, and Library of Congress card number 83-14127.[1] The Library of Congress record, for the US edition published by Robert J. Brady Co., gives xi, 303 pages; in the scan the index ends on p. 303, followed by the acknowledgments.[2]

Chapters 1 to 10 take a new owner from unpacking and connecting the machine through tape and disk use, BASIC, word processing software, and colour, graphics and sound. Three appendices by other authors go further: Jim Butterfield on the memory map, Paul F. Schatz on graphics and sprites, and Frank H. Covitz on sound and music.[3]

Contents

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Page numbers are from the contents list.[3]

  • Introduction, p. ix
  • 1. Where Did It Come From? (inside the Commodore 64), p. 1
  • 2. Setting Up, p. 5
  • 3. Some Essential Skills (tape and disk use), p. 25
  • 4. Programming: An Introduction, p. 49
  • 5. Programming: The Big Ten, p. 69
  • 6. Programming: How the Computer Stores Information, p. 85
  • 7. Programming: The Rest of BASIC, p. 119
  • 8. Word Processing: The Electronic Typewriter, p. 133
  • 9. Color, Graphics, Sound, and Games, p. 151
  • 10. Beyond BASIC, p. 181
  • Appendix 1: Exploring the Commodore 64 (Jim Butterfield), p. 193
  • Appendix 2: Exploring Graphics on the Commodore 64 (Paul F. Schatz), p. 207
  • Appendix 3: Exploring Sound and Music (Dr Frank H. Covitz), p. 251
  • Appendix 4: Error Messages, p. 283; Appendix 5: ASCII/CHR$ codes and base conversion table, p. 289
  • Glossary, p. 295; Index, p. 299; Acknowledgments, p. 305

What this book does not contain

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It has no schematics, parts lists or service information; Commodore's repair documentation is in the Commodore 64 / 64C Service Manual. The 325-page scan includes the covers and a closing page from retro-commodore.eu.

Download: PrenticeHall Commodore 64 getting the most from it.pdf (85 MB)

References

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  1. ↑ Tim Onosko, Commodore 64: Getting the Most From It (Prentice-Hall International, 1983), title page and copyright page (PDF pp. 5-6).
  2. ↑ Open Library, Commodore 64, getting the most from it, record OL3171925M, from Library of Congress data (LCCN 83014127). Retrieved 2026-10-01.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Onosko, Commodore 64: Getting the Most From It, Contents, pp. v-vii.
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