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Getting Started With the Texas Instruments TI99/4A - (c) Stephen Shaw

If you would like to quickly download the text version to read offline, here is a 76k ZIPped file and if you don't have one of the many fine unzip programs you can download a small dos version called pkunzjr, only 3k, use like this: pkunzjr book.zip c:\directory\ (it needs the final backslash).

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE Setting up. Console preparation. How to key programs in.

CHAPTER TWO TI BASIC. Introduction to and examples of commands and functions.

CHAPTER THREE How to use TI Basic. Practical program writing. Debugging. System crashes.
Alphabetic list with descriptions of TI Basic commands and functions.

CHAPTER FOUR Cassette Handling.

CHAPTER FIVE File Processing (mainly using cassette)

CHAPTER SIX
Advanced Programming- Using Mini Memory or Extended Basic plus 32k ram
Peeking and pokeing in memory. Different graphics modes. Using boolean logic in TI Basic. Using Joysticks. Using DEF.
How to implement an ACCEPT AT using TI Basic. Speed and Memory tricks. Demo sort routine.

CHAPTER SEVEN EXTENDED BASIC. Additional functions and commands.

CHAPTER EIGHT
MODULES- brief overview of
Personal Record Keeping (with extra TI Basic commands available). TI Writer word processor; Logo programming language;
Mini Memory (with extra TI Basic commands).. Editor Assembler; Terminal Emulator 2; Microsoft Multiplan (yes, a Microsoft program copyright 1982 by TI Inc)

CHAPTER NINE Peripherals (extra ram, PEB, floppy drive, printing, speech); Glossary; Key Codes and Control Codes
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