Table of Contents PART 1: GETTING STARTED . ..... .... . ..... . Meeting the ATARI 130XE . . . . . . . . . 2 Hooking It Up . . . . . . . .... . . . . 5 Checking It Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Understanding Your Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Introducing ATARI Graphics .. . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . .. ... . . . 17 Adding an International Character Set· ...... . . . . . . . . . . .. . 19 Exploring ATARI BASIC .. .......... ..... . . .. . . 21 Using Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Expanding Your System . . . . . . . . 25 PART 2: PROGRAMMING WITH ATARI BASIC . . 27 Editing w ith the ATARI130XE Keyboard . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 29 Writing a Simple BASIC Program: NEW, LIST, PRINT, RUN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Creating an Inte (act ive Loop: GOTO, DIM , INPUT . 41 Using Random Numbers and Mathematical Functions: RND ,+ , - , * , I . 47 Making Decisions and Solving Problems: IF-THEN , FOR-NEXT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Producing Sound and Graphics: SOUND , SETCOLOR, COLOR .. . . .. . . .. . . . . .. . . ' 65 PART 3: APPENDICES . . 77 A. Sample Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 B. BASIC Reserved Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 C. ATASCII Character Set . .. . ..... . . .. ... ..... . . .. . . . .. 101 D. Error Messages . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... 111 E. Troubleshooting . . ......... . ... . . . .... 115 F. Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . , . 117 G. ATARI130XE Specifications . . .. . .. . . .. 119 H. Accessing the Fu ll RAM Potential of the 130XE .... . . .... 121 I. Connector Pinout Specifications . . . 123 INDEX . . . . . .. . . . .. ........ .... . . .. . 127