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RECORD NUMBER: 2 OF 8| Main Title | IBM PC : an introduction to the operating system, BASIC programming and applications / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Goldstein, Larry Joel, ; Goldstein, Martin | |||||||||||
| Publisher | Robert J. Brady Company, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 1984 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 09682915 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 0893035300; 9780893035303 | |||||||||||
| Subjects | IBM Personal Computer--Programming ; BASIC (Computer program language) | |||||||||||
| Additional Subjects | IBM Personal Computer--Programming ; Basic (Computer program language) | |||||||||||
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| Edition | {2nd ed.}, rev. and enl. | |||||||||||
| Collation | 392 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm | |||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages 362-363) and index. |
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| Contents Notes | A first look at computers -- Using your PC for the first time -- An introduction to DOS -- Getting started in BASIC -- Controlling the flow of your program -- Working with data -- Easing programming frustrations -- Your computer as a file cabinet -- String manipulation -- An introduction to computer graphics -- Word processing -- Some additional programing tools -- Computer games -- Different kinds of numbers in PC BASIC -- Computer generated simulations -- Software you can buy -- Some other applications of your computer -- Where to go from here. A classic, fully revised and enlarged (up to 1986) being one of the most comprehensive learning tools available for programming the IBM PC. With a conversational writing style, the author progresses step-by-step from the fundamentals of using the PC to more advanced programming uses. Test your understanding questions, numerous example problems and solutions, and exercises at the end of each chapter insure comprehension (theoretical and practical) of subject matter). |