A
addition function, 48
alphanumeric variables, 45
arrow keys, 15, 31, 47, 48, 49
ATARI BASIC (see BASIC)
Audio-Visual Test, 10
auto repeat, 29
B
BASIC
built-in programming
language, 21-22, 23
disabling the language, 12, 21
bent arrow, 40
blank lines, 32
in programs, 38
blank spaces, 31-32
Break key, 11, 14, 34, 41, 66, 72
bugs, 57
BYE,
9, 12, 21
byte, 42-43
C
Caps key, 16, 17, 29-30, 31
caret, 48
caring for your computer, 8
cartridges
loading, 11-12, 24
software, 23
Clear key, 31, 40
clearing the computer's memory, 35
clearing the screen, 31, 40
colon, 42
COLOR, 73, 74-75
color registers, 69
changing colors in, 71, 73, 74-75
designating, 73, 75
colors, 68-69
comma
in numbers, 47
with PRINT statements, 41-42
commands
COLOR, 73, 74-75
consolidating on one line, 42, 62
DIM,
43, 44, 45, 46
DRAWTO, 73-74
END,
56, 65, 66
FOR-NEXT, 57-63, 66, 68
FRE, 42-43
GOSUB-RETURN, 68
GOTO, 41, 46, 55, 56, 66, 72
IF-THEN, 52, 55-57
123
INPUT, 43, 44, 53, 56
INT,
51
LIST, 35, 36
NEW,
35
PLOT, 73
POKE, 19
PRINT, 37, 38, 39,40, 41, 42, 43,
44, 71, 72
PRINT#6;, 71, 72, 73
READ-DATA, 68
REM,
46
RND, 50-52
RUN,
36
SETCOLOR, 69, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75
SOUND, 65, 66
STEP, 59-60
TRAP, 56, 62, 68
compatibility, 23
Control key, 13, 15
for graphic symbols, 17, 30-31
for international characters, 19
with arrow keys, 15, 31
with Caps key, 16, 17, 31
with Clear key, 31, 40
with Delete Back Space key, 14, 32
with Insert key, 15, 31
with Tab key, 33
with 1 key, 14, 40
with 2 key, 15
with 3 key, 15
counting loop, 57-63
cursor control, 31
D
DATA (see READ)
default color, 69, 71, 73, 75
default luminance, 70
delay loop, 61-63
Delete Back Space key, 14, 15, 32
deleting
lines, 32
program lines, 38
spaces, 32
DIM (dimensioning), 43, 44, 45, 46
disk drive, 23, 24, 25
Disk Operating System, 12, 21
display screen, 25
distortion, 65-66
division sign, 49
Down Arrow key, 15, 31
DRAWTO, 73-74
dummy variable, 51