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THE DISPLAY
The PRECOMPUTER PRESTIGE
TM
learning unit uses a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD).
Although it is a relatively large viewing screen, you can’t see the whole program at one
time. Use the and keys to scroll through display window.
GETTING STARTED
This activity lets you type in your own programs and run them. Follow these simple steps:
1. Turn on the PRECOMPUTER PRESTIGE
TM
unit.
2. Click the Business Basic icon from the main menu.
3. Choose the BASIC activity.
There are two modes available — Command and Run.
Type in this program:
10 PRINT "HI THERE" press the Enter key
This is the usual way to write a program. Each line starts with a number and is followed
by a statement. Type in the program lines and remember to press the Enter key. The
PRECOMPUTER PRESTIGE
TM
unit stores the line with the other lines into memory. Later
you can execute the program by typing the command, RUN. Don’t forget to press the
Enter key after typing RUN. The program that you have typed into memory will begin. The
results appearing on the LCD display will be the message: HI THERE.
There is a short cut.
Enter the following (no line number in front):
PRINT "HI THERE" press the Enter key
This time PRINT was used as a command and the results appeared immediately on the
display after the Enter key was pressed. The computer executes the command right away,
without waiting for you to type RUN. When you do this, the statements are not saved
for future re-use. They are executed immediately and discarded. This is not recommended
for creating programs but highly recommended for use as a calculator.
Here are some other commands that can be used:
NEW
This command clears the memory of any BASIC statements that have been previously
entered.
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