( - ~ The Aquarius is set up and ready for you to program in BASIC. BASIC is what we call a "high· lever· language. This means that BASIC commands more closely resemble the language we speak than they do the language that the computer "speaks". This makes BASIC an easy language for people to use. (Though the computer needs its own built-in interpreter.) BASIC has a total "vocabulary·· of about 60 words and a few symbols. The words. which are called KEYWORDS, are all de· fined in the Reference Section of this book. The words you will use most often are explained in detail throughout the next 9 chapters. We will start with fundamental concepts and simple keywords and build from there.
~ ·~ ~ CHAPTER 1 ~ "GETTING YOUR FEET WET" ~ G. ~ f. (Modes, Arithmetic, RTN Key, RUN, NEW, fw k., .., CONT, LIST, PRINT, CTL Key, Editing Features) ~ I $ow ~ ~ ~ ... &tr.l ~ ~