Computing Books published by Collins

The following is a list of Computing Books published by Collins in the Centre for Computing History collection. It is not an exhaustive list of and other books may have been published. If you have a book that you would like to donate to our collection, please view our donations page.

There are 13 Computing Books published by Collins in our collection :

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Date: 28th March 1987 Advanced Amstrad CPC6128 Computing

Including CP/M, Printers and Business Applications

The Amstrad CPC6128 is equipped with ample memory, a built-in disc drive, and the latest version of the well-established CP/M operating system, all at a very competitive price. The serious user, particularly the business user, needs to know how to master the disc system and to make use of this machine with the many excellent printers that can be used with it.

The principles of CP/M, and how to use the available facilities are set out, including how to connect a second disc drive and make effective use of it.

The more advanced programmer will find details of the more advanced methods of BASIC and AMSDOS, covering such items as opening and closing disc files, file maintenance, creating, searching, sorting, amending and deleting files and making use of the additional memory for filing. An outline database program in BASIC is listed, allowing you to make your own personal database system. The graphics capabilities of the CPC6128 are covered in detail, including the CPC6128's new graphics commands, and using the additional memory for graphics. Useful information, which is difficult to find elsewhere, is provided on the sound system, such as setting up hardware envelopes and software relative envelopes.

Publisher: Collins
Author: Ian Sinclair
Platform:

Date: 1985 Advanced Commodore 64 Graphics and Sound

Publisher: Collins
Author: Nick Hampshire
Platform: Commodore 64

Date: 1984 BBC Micro Data Log

Publisher: Collins
Author: Roger Porkess, Derek Barker, Nigel Green, Peter Johnson, Colin Shearer
Platform: BBC Micro

Date: 1985 BBC Micro Wargaming


Classifications
Dewey Decimal Class 793/.9
Library of Congress U310

Publisher: Collins
Author: Owen Bishop and Audrey Bishop
Platform: BBC Micro (and Acorn Electron)

Date: 1988 Collins Computing Reference Dictionary

Publisher: Collins
Author: Ian R. Sinclair
Platform:

Date: 21st February 1983 Collins Gem Basic Facts Computers 1983

Collins Revision Aids
This explains essential terms and concepts.
A-Z arrangement for quick reference
150 clear line drawings and tables
231 page pocket book

Publisher: Collins

Platform: computers

Date: 1985 Creative Animation and Graphics on the BBC Micro

This book describes techniques of animation, sketching and painting, interactive graphics and realistic 3-D graphics including perspective and stereoscopic images - all of which can be achieved entirely from BASIC. Many of the techniques described are normally thought of as advanced but they are introduced in a practical way with plenty of programming examples.

Publisher: Collins
Author: Mike James
Platform: BBC Micro

Date: 1985 Micro-Prolog & Artificial Intelligence

MicroPROLOG is a dialect of the list-processing language, PROLOG, which has been adapted specially for microcomputers. PROLOG, known as one of the best languages for experimenting with artificial intelligence, has a rather 'human' approach to problem-solving. It can hold a set of rules in a 'knowledge base', and answer general questions using them. This allows such subjects as logic and language to be analysed by defining the basic attributes and then querying those attributes, very much as we do with the knowledge base held in our own brains. Expert systems are a direct example of this type of reasoning, and this is explained in the book.

This book tackles the usually difficult task of explaining MicroPROLOG simply and concisely, and introduces the language in company with its main application - artificial intelligence. It is based heavily on examples, and has been prepared with reference to MicroPROLOG packages on the IBM (and look-alikes), Acorn, Sinclair and other machines.

Publisher: Collins
Author: Dr. A. A. Berk
Platform: Artificial Intelligence

Date: 1985 Sensational Games for the Amstrad CPC464

Publisher: Collins
Author: Jim Gregory
Platform: Amstrad CPC464

Date: 1985 The Amstrad CPC464 Disc System

Including CP/M and Printers

Publisher: Collins
Author: Ian Sinclair
Platform: Amstrad CPC464

Date: 1985 The BBC Micro Advanced Reference Guide

Publisher: Collins
Author: Bruce Smith
Platform: BBC Micro

Date: 1985 The BBC Micro ROM Book - Sideways ROMs and RAMs

It shows how the paged ROM system and ROM filing system work, and provides programming examples to help readers produce their own sideways ROMs using EPROMs and sideways Ram.

Publisher: Collins
Author: Bruce Smith
Platform: BBC Micro

Date: 1985 The Commodore 64 Kernal and Hardware Revealed

"A knowledge of the Commodore 64 kernal software and the hardware with which it interacts is essential for programmers wishing to make full use of the machine's capabilities. The kernal software provides the interface between the user, the BASIC interpreter and the electronics - and a thorough knowledge of its functioning gives the programmer a wealth of ideas and methods for interesting programming techniques."

Publisher: Collins
Author: Nick Hampshire, Richard Franklin, Carl Graham
Platform:

Computing Books published by Collins

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