Computing Books written by Steven Vickers
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First edition 1982
Publisher: Sinclair Research
Author: Steven Vickers
Platform: Sinclair ZX Spectrum

Publisher: Sinclair Research
Author: Steven Vickers
Platform: Sinclair ZX81

by Stephen Vickers (Author) 212 pages
Setting up the ZX81
& how to use this manual, whether or not you know BASIC.
Telling the computer what to do
How to type things in to the computer
, , RUBOUT, NEWLINE
A History lesson
The Sinclair ZX81 as a pocket calculator
Statement: PRINT with commas & semicolons
Operations: +, -, *, /, **
Expressions & scientific notation
Functions
Statement: RAND
Functions: ABS, SGN, SIN, COS, TAN, ASN, ACS, ATN, LN, EXP, SQR, INT, PI, RND, FUNCTION
Variables
Statements: LET, CLEAR
Simple numeric variables
Strings
Operation: + (for strings)
Functions: LEN, VALSTR$
Strings, simple string variables
Computer programming
Statements: RUN, LIST
Programs
Editing programs using , & EDIT
More computer programming
Statements: GOTO, CONT, INPUT, NEW, REM, PRINT
STOP in INPUT data
BREAK
If...
Statements: IF, STOP
Operations: =, <, >, <=, >=, <>, AND, OR
Function: NOT
The character set
Functions: CODE, CHR$
The character set is thoroughly non-standard
GRAPHICS
Looping
Statements: FOR, NEXT, TO, STEP
SLOW & FAST
Statements: SLOW, FAST
The ZX81 operates at two speeds: one neat, the other fast.
Subroutines
Statements: GOSUB, RETURN
Making your programs work
Flowcharts & debugging
Tape storage
Statements: SAVE, LOAD
Printing with frills
Statements: CLS, SCROLL
PRINT items: AT, TAB
CHAPTER 18
Graphics
Statements: PLOT, UNPLOT
Time & motion
Statement: PAUSE
Function: INKEY$
The ZX81 Printer
Statements: LPRINT, LLIST, COPY
Substrings
Slicing, using TO
Arrays
Statement: DIM
When the computer gets full
Odd things happen
Counting on your fingers
Binary & hexadecimal counting
How the computer works
What the individual chips do
Statement: POKE
Function: PEEK
Using machine code
Statement: NEW
Function: USR
Organization of memory
System variables
A The character set
B Report codes
C The ZX81 for those that understand BASIC
Publisher: Sinclair
Author: Steven Vickers
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