Programming the Commodore 64
Programming the Commodore 64: The Definitive Guide is a book by Raeto Collin West, first published in April 1985 by Level Ltd (Computer Publications) of Hampstead, London. The title page of the hosted scan carries the imprint of COMPUTE! Publications of Greensboro, North Carolina; the copyright page gives Level Ltd as publisher and the Level ISBN, 0-9507650-2-3.[1] The numbered pages run to 611; Level's own order form at the back of the book gives "624 pages".[2]
It is a single-volume reference to the Commodore 64: BASIC (with a keyword dictionary and error messages), the machine's architecture, advanced BASIC, 6510 machine language, Kernal and BASIC ROM routines, a ROM guide and memory map, graphics and the VIC-II, sound and the SID, tape and disk storage, the control ports and peripherals. The appendices include Supermon 64 and fast disk and tape loaders.[3] It has some hardware material: the expansion port pin assignments with a description of each line (Figure 5-5), notes on the C2N cassette unit and on the 1540/1541 drives, and a section on recovering from lock-ups, including a CIA fault in early 64s.[4]
Contents
[edit | edit source]Page numbers are from the book's contents list.[3]
- Foreword, p. vii
- 1: About This Book, p. 1
- 2: Getting to Know the 64, p. 7
- 3: BASIC Reference Guide, p. 13
- 4: Effective Programming in BASIC, p. 75
- 5: Commodore 64 Architecture, p. 103
- 6: Advanced BASIC, p. 137
- 7: 6510 Machine Language, p. 201
- 8: ML Methods Specific to the 64, p. 239
- 9: Mixing BASIC with Machine Language, p. 275
- 10: Vocabulary of the 6510 Chip, p. 285
- 11: 64 ROM Guide, p. 331
- 12: Graphics, p. 357
- 13: Sound, p. 425
- 14: Tape Storage, p. 463
- 15: Using Disk Storage, p. 485
- 16: The Control Ports, p. 531
- 17: Major Peripherals, p. 541
- Appendices A-S, p. 563 (including the VIC-II chip, p. 582, the SID chip, p. 585, 6502/6510 quasi-opcodes, p. 591, Supermon 64, p. 596, and fast disk and tape loaders, p. 603)
- Index, p. 605
What this book does not contain
[edit | edit source]It has no schematics, parts lists or component values; for those use the Commodore 64 / 64C Service Manual.
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References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Raeto Collin West, Programming the Commodore 64: The Definitive Guide (Level Ltd, 1985), title page and copyright page (PDF pp. 3-4).
- ↑ West, Programming the Commodore 64, Index, pp. 605-611, and publisher's order form (PDF pp. 615-623).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 West, Programming the Commodore 64, Contents, pp. iii-vi (PDF pp. 5-8).
- ↑ West, Programming the Commodore 64, chapter 5, pp. 118-120 and 129-130; chapter 14, p. 472; chapter 15, pp. 512-514 (PDF pp. 128-130, 139-140, 482, 522-524).