Contents
About this User Guide
Beginners’ Foundation Course
A gentle introduction for the newcomer to computing
F1 Setting Up
F2 Keyboard familiarisation
F3 Graphics, modes and sound
1 Starters
Connecting up the computer
Switching on
Keyboard primer
Displaying the character set
Editing the display
2 Cassette Datacorder
Loading and saving with the cassette Datacorder
The ‘Welcome’ cassette tape
3 BASIC primer
An introduction to the principles of CPC464 BASIC
Syntax of AMSTRAD BASIC
Variables, operators
Simple BASIC exercises
User defined keys
PRINT and display formatting
4 Variables, operators and data
Display formatting
Data and arrays
Dimensioning
Locate
5 Graphics primer
The principles of AMSTRAD CPC464 colour graphics:
INK, PEN, PAPER
MODES, PIXELS, ORIGINS, WINDOWS
Simple graphic handling routines
User defined characters