Until you tell it to the contrary, the computer will try and interpret all the characters that you type
at the keyboard as being program instructions. When you press the [ENTER] key, the computer will
look through what has been typed and if it doesn’t make sense to the built in BASIC, it will reject the
input with the comment:
Syntax error
However, it may just happen that the program presently residing in your computer is a Word
Processor system, in which case you will be able to type random words, press [ENTER] and carry on
typing as if the system were operating an electronic piece of paper in an electronic typewriter.
But to do this, you must first have loaded a wordprocessor program into the machine’s memory using
the datacassette input.
A computer ‘seems’ to combine several items of equipment that have
become familiar around the home and office - the TV-like screen, the
keyboard, the cassette recorder - you must remember that the
similarities are generally strictly superficial, and that the computer is a
combination of familiar looking hardware that has an entirely different
personality of its own.
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