IBM 5100 Basic Reference Manual

Contents
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CHAPTER 1. OPERATION CHAPTER 4. BASIC STATEMENTS 57
IBM 5100 Overview.
Statement Li
nes . 57
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Display Screen
2 BASIC Statements
58
Keyboard
3
CHAIN
60
5100 Special Keys
4 CLOSE
61
5100 Switches
5
DATA 62
5100 Indicators .
6
DEF,FNEND,ReTURN 64
Editing
Input Lines.
6
Single Line Function
64
5100 Storage Capacity
7
Multiline Function
64
•
DIM
67
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CHAPTER 2. SYSTEM COMMANDS
8
END
69
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AUTO Command
10
FNEND 70
GO Command
11
FOR and NEXT. 71
LIST Command .
13
GET 73
LOAD Command 15
GOSUB and
RETURN 75
Keyboard Generated Data Files
18
GOTO
77
Function Keys
18
IF .
78
MAR K Command
21
Image.
80
MERGE Command
23
INPUT 81
PATCH Command
25
LET 83
R D= Command .
29
NEXT
85
RENUM Command.
30
OPEN.
86
REWIND Command
32
Negative File Numbers 87
RUN Command .
33
PAUSE
88
SAVE Command
35
PRINT
89
UTI L Command.
37
Print Zones
90
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File Types
38
Spacing of Printed or Displayed Values
90
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Standard Output Formats for Printing or Displaying 91
CHAPTER 3. DATA CONSTANTS AND VARIABLES
40
Display Line
Operation.
92
BASIC Character
Set
40
Print Line Buffer Operation
96
Alphabetic Characters
40
PRINT USING and Image.
98
Numeric Characters.
40 Conversion of Data Reference Values
99
Special Characters
41 Format Specifications 100
Use of Blanks 41
PUT 103
Arithmetic Data .
41 READ 105
Arithmetic Data Formats
42 REM 107
Arithmetic Constants
44 RESET 108
Internal Constants
44 RESTORE
109
Arithmetic Variables
44
RETURN
110
Character Data
45
STOP.
111
Character Constants
45 USE 112
Character Variables . 45
Matrix Operations
113
if
Arrays
45
MA T Assignment Statements 113
Declaring Arrays 47
MAT Assignment (Scalar Value) 114
Redimensioning Arrays.
48
MAT Assignment (Simple) . 116
Arithmetic Arrays
48
MAT Assignment (Addition and Subtraction) 118
Character Arrays
49
MAT Assignment (Matrix Multiplication) 120
Summary of Naming Conventions 49
MAT Assignment (Scalar Multiplication) . 122
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System Functions 49
MAT Assignment (Identity Function) 124
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Expressions 51
MAT Assignment (Inverse Function) . 126
Arithmetic Expressions and Operators 51
MAT Assignment (Transpose Function) 128
Character Expressions 54
MAT GET 130
Relational Expressions
55
MAT INPUT.
i132
Array Expressions
56
MAT PRINT.
134
Substring Function •
56
Spacing of Displayed Values
134
Display/Print Line Operation 135
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IBM 5100 Specifications

General

Release Year	1975
RAM	16 KB - 64 KB
Storage	204 KB tape drive
Display	5-inch CRT
Operating System	APL/BASIC
Processor	IBM PALM (1.9 MHz)