The Easy Guide to Your Commodore 64
The Easy Guide to Your Commodore 64 is a 1983 book by Joseph Kascmer, published by SYBEX of Berkeley, California. ISBN 0-89588-126-8; Library of Congress card number 83-40232.[1] The Library of Congress record gives the extent as xi, 130 pages (call number QA76.8.C64 K37 1983).[2]
It is a beginner's guide to setting up and using the Commodore 64 and to writing simple BASIC programs. Kascmer arranged it so that readers who only want to run bought software can go straight to the chapters on cassette tapes and disks.[3] The last chapter briefly describes what is inside the computer and how it can be expanded, and Appendix B is a glossary ("Jargon Phrase Guide").[4]
Contents
[edit | edit source]Page numbers are from the book's contents list.[4]
- Acknowledgements, p. ix
- Preface, p. x
- 1: Coming into Power, p. 1
- 2: Video Printing, p. 10
- 3: Plans and Programs, p. 19
- 4: Decision Making by Computer, p. 29
- 5: Program Control, p. 35
- 6: Handling Words and Information, p. 50
- 7: Economy Class Storage: Tapes, p. 73 (the contents list misprints 79)
- 8: High Speed Storage: Disks, p. 79
- 9: Building and Rebuilding Programs, p. 96
- 10: The Inside Story, p. 112
- Appendix A: Special-Purpose Commands, p. 120
- Appendix B: Jargon Phrase Guide, p. 123
- Index, p. 128
What this book does not contain
[edit | edit source]It is a user's and programming guide. It has no schematics, parts lists or component values; for those use the Commodore 64 / 64C Service Manual.
Download: Sybex The Easy Guide to Your Commodore 64.pdf
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Joseph Kascmer, The Easy Guide to Your Commodore 64 (SYBEX, 1983), title page and copyright page (PDF pp. 5-6).
- ↑ Open Library, The easy guide to your Commodore 64, record OL3184960M, from Library of Congress catalogue data. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- ↑ Kascmer, The Easy Guide to Your Commodore 64, Preface, pp. x-xi (PDF pp. 12-13).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kascmer, The Easy Guide to Your Commodore 64, Contents (PDF pp. 8-10).