Atari Basic - XL Edition
By Bob Albrecht, LeRoy Finkel, and Jerald R. Brown, published 1985
By Bob Albrecht, LeRoy Finkel, and Jerald R. Brown, published 1985
Table of Contents
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Cover
Title Page
Copyright Information
Table of Contents
To the Reader
How to Use This Book
Chapter 1 - The Atari Computers
Meet The Atari Computers
Programs
Inside The Computer
Atari BASIC
Memory
The Keyboard
Chapter 2 - Easy Stuff
The Keyboard
Your First BASIC Word
There's a Rainbow in Your Atari
Music Please
Chapter 3 - Basic Programs
Very Small Programs
Bring Out The Rainbow
Sound Effects
Sound, Color, & A Bit Of Style
Name Blinker
Chapter 4 - Number Boxes
26 Boxes
Sound Effects
Turn On The Rainbow
Use Input To Stuff Number Boxes
Use Read And Data To Stuff Number Boxes
Chapter 5 - String Boxes
Use Input To Stuff String Boxes
Use Read And Data To Stuff String Boxes
Subroutines Make It Easier
Programmer's Toolbox
Chapter 6 - Skipping Around the Screen
Screen Positions
You Can Print Almost Anywhere
Other Things To Try
Make Things Move
Name Mover
Chapter 7 - Graphics Galore
Big Letters
Tiny Rectangles
Draw A Line
Use Read & Data To Paint The Screen
Beyond Graphics 3
Graphics 4 and 6
Graphics 8
You Can Eliminate The Text Window
The GTIA Chip
Chapter 8 - Meandering with Random Numbers
Random Numbers
Random Music
Skittery Name
Random Color Blips
Zappy Artist
Fantasy Role Playing Games
Chapter 9 - Playtime Junction
The IF-THEN Statement
Game Time!
Guessing With Sound
Zappy Artist Meanders
Racing Colors
A Tree Has Many Branches
Chapter 10 - String Magic
Something Old, Something New
Guess My Word
Guess My Letter
The Land of ATASCII
Word Maker
Create A Character
Open A Channel & Get A Character
Chapter 11 - Subscripted Variables
A New Kind Of Variable
Keyboard Music
It's 1984 and We Can Still Vote!
Twinkling Stars
Zappy Artist and Friends Meander
Double Subscripts
Quiz Scores
Chapter 12 - The End...of the Beginning
Appendix A - Using the Atari Program Recorder
Saving a Program on Tape (CSAVE)
Loading a Program from Tape (CLOAD)
SAVE and LOAD
LIST and ENTER
Appendix B - Arithmetic
Appendix C - Sound and Music
Appendix D - Screen Maps
Appendix E - ATASCII Codes
Appendix F - Atari BAISIC Reserved Words
Appendix G - Error Messages
Appendix H - Look Here First
Index
Index of Programs
Back Cover
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