Easy Programming with the Ti-99/4A - Brossura

Guenette, Richard

Brossura

ISBN 10: 146159815X ISBN 13: 9781461598152

Casa editrice: Springer, 2013

Riassunto

Discusses the fundamentals of the BASIC computer programming language and explains how to write BASIC programs for the Texas Instruments microcomputer

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Contenuti

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 Value—ASC.- Character—CHR$.- Value—VAL.- String Number—STR$.- Length—LEN.- Position—POS.- String Segment—SEG$.- 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.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Springer
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 146159815X
• ISBN 13: 9781461598152
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 200
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