1 Microcomputers in Brief. - Of Bits and Bytes. - Storing Information. - Elementary Computer Architecture. - Computer Languages. - 2 Cassette Deck Notes. - Cassette Decks. - Cassette Interface Cable. - Loading and Saving Programs. - 3 Keyboard Guide. - Enter Key. - Shift and Alpha Lock. - Special Symbols. - Mathematical Operators. - Control Keys. - Function Keys. - Automatic Repetition. - Using the Screen Editor. - 4 Introducing TI BASIC. - Commands Functions and Statements. - Immediate Mode. - Using the PRINT Command. - CALL Commands. - Command Mode Calculator. - Variables. - Functions. - Math Functions. - TAB Function. - Statement and Program Lines. - GOTO. - 5 Tools for Building Programs. - Line Numbering. - RESEQUENCE. - Editing Programs. - LIST. - Edit Mode. - Starting and Stopping Programs. - Diamond Track. - RUN. - CONtinue. - BREAK and UNBREAK. - END and STOP. - REMark Statements. - 6 Working with Numbers. - Order of Arithmetic Operations. - Relational Expressions. - 7 Variables. - Numeric Variables. - Naming Numeric Variables. - String Variables. - The Role of Variables in Programming. - 8 Using PRINT. - The PRINT System. - Quotation Marks. - Print Separators. - The TAB Function. - The Sick Rose. - 9 Branching Statements. - The Unconditional Branchers. - GOTO. - GOSUBroutine. - Conditional Branching Statements. - ON-GOTO. - ON-GOSUB. - IF-THEN-ELSE. - 10 Data Anyone?. - INPUT. - The READ/DATA Statements. - Setting Up a Data Bank. - Checking Variable Status. - Multiple-Variable READ/DATA Statements. - RESTORE. - Using Counters To Manipulate Data. - Using Data Flags. - 11 The FOR-NEXT Loop. - Entering Data with FOR-NEXT Loops. - Defining Loops With STEP. - Nested Loops. - 12 Debugging Programs. - Error Messages. - TRACE and UNTRACE. - PRINT Debug. - 13 Numeric Functions. - INTeger. - RANDOMIZE and the Random Number Function (RND(X)). -Other Numeric Functions. - ABS(X). - ATN(X). - COS(X). - SIN(X). - TAN(X). - EXP(X). - LOG(X). - SQR(X). - SGN(X). - User-Defined Functions. - 14 Computer Sound and Music. - The Sound Chip. - CALLing Sound. - Noise Settings. - Negative Duration Values. - Programming a Song for One Voice. - RESTORE for Repeats. - A Song for Three Voices. - Sound Effects. - 15 BASIC Graphics. - The Screen. - BASIC Graphics Statements. - CALL CHAR. - CALL CLEAR. - CALL HCHAR and CALL VCHAR. - CALL COLOR. - CALL SCREEN. - The RANDOM Character Generator. - Combining Characters in Space: White Knight. - Combining Characters in Time: Running Man. - 16 Interacting with Your Computer: Keyboard and Joystick. - CALL KEYboard. - Key-Unit. - Return Variable. - Status Variable. - Mazemaker. - CALL JOYSTick. - Joystick Mazemaker. - 17 Arrays. - Subscripted Variables and Simple Arrays. - Using READ/DATA To Load Arrays. - OPTION BASE 1 and the DIM Statements. - Two-Dimensional Arrays. - 18 String Functions. - ASCII ValueASC. - CharacterCHR$. - ValueVAL. - String NumberSTR$. - LengthLEN. - PositionPOS. - String SegmentSEG$. - 19 More Graphics. - FOR-NEXT Looping. - CALLing COLOR. - Strings and String Functions. - Using PRINT. - Using SEGment and LENgth String Functions. - Printing Text with HCHAR. - Using Arrays in Graphics. - 20 Live Time on the Keyboard. - Links in a Chain. - 21 Your Home Computer as a Terminal. - 22 System Options. - Extended BASIC. - Speech Synthesizer. - Peripheral Expansion Box. - RS232 Card. - Disk Drive Controller Card. - 32K Memory Expansion Card. - P-CodeCard. - Disk Drives. - Printers. - Telephone Modems. - The Fully Configured System. - Alternatives to the Peripheral Expansion Box System. - Word Processing. - Microsoft Multiplan. - UCSD p-System. - LOGO. - Machine Language. - FORTH. - Voice Recognition. - Winchester Hard Disk. -23 Resource List. Language: English