INTRODUCTION
The
Apple
lie
User's
Handbook
is
meant
to
serve
as
a
tutorial
as
well
as
an
ongoing
reference
guide
to
the
Apple
lie
personal
computer.
The latest features
of
the
Apple
lie
are discussed
in
detail
including
the
80
column
card and
the
new
lie
keyboard.
Chapter
1
of
this
book
is
intended
to
serve
as
an
introduction
to
the
lie
. The system
board
, expansion slots, speaker,
video
dis-
play, cassette
recorder
, disk
drive,
and BASIC
interpreter
are all
discussed in this chapter. Terms basic
to
computing
such
as
RAM,
ROM,
byte,
bit,
software,
modem,
operating
sytem,
inter-
preter
,
compiler
, and assembler are all
defined
in
Chapter
1.
Chapter
2 describes
Apple
lie
installation,
operation,
and
trou-
bleshooting.
Keyboard usage
is
discussed in
detail
in this
chapter
.
Chapter
3
is
meant
to
serve
as
tutorial
on
Applesoft
and
Integer
BASIC
programming
on
the
lie
. Topics such
as
BASIC
start-up
,
switching
from
Applesoft
to
Integer
, constants, variables, strings,
arrays,
operators
, loops,
functions
,
conditional
statements, and
branching
statements are discussed
in
detail.
Chapter
3 assumes
the
user
has
some
familiarity
with
BASIC
programming
and
is
not
meant
to
serve
as
an
introductory
guide
to
programming
tor
the
first-time
user.