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What you can do with this book is to find a considerable amount ofvaluable programming reference information written in easy to read,plain English wit

HOW TO USE THIS REFERENCEGUIDEThroughout this manual certain conventional notations are used to de-scribe the syntax (programming sentence structure)

Programming examples in this book are shown with blanks separatingwords and operators for the sake of readability. Normally though,BASIC doesn't

By the way, in addition to everything here you can pick up a lot ofother creative and practical ideas by signing up with a local Commo-dore Users&apos

COMPOSING SONGSCP/M*DEXTERITY TRAININGEDUCATIONFOREIGN LANGUAGEGRAPHICS AND ARTNot only that, if you join the COMMODOREINFORMATIONNETWORKon CompuServe

INSTRUMENTCONTROlJOURNALS ANDCREATIVE WRITINGLlGHTPEN CONTROLMACHINE CODEPROGRAMMINGPAYROLL & FORMSPRINTOUTPRINTINGRECIPESgrammable characters, an

SIMULATIONSComputer simulations let you conduct danger-ous or expensive experiments at minimum riskand cost.SPORTS DATAThe Source™ and CompuServe™ bot

COMMODOREThe Microcomputer MagazineWidely read by educators, businessmen and students, as well ashome computerists, COMMODORE Magazine is our main veh

For more information, visit your Commodore dealer or contact Com-puServe™ customer service at 800-848-8990 (in Ohio, 614-457-8600).COMMODORE INFORMATI

FIRST EDITIONTHIRD PRINTING-1983Copyright @ 1982 by Commodore Business Machines, Inc.All rights reserved.This manual is copyrighted and contains propr

TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix. What's Included? . . . . . . . .

3. PROGRAMMING GRAPHICS ON THECOMMODORE64 ... 99· Graphics Overview 100Character Display Modes.. . . . .. . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . .. 100Bit

. Programming Sprites-Another Look 153Making Sprites in BASIC-A Short Program. ... . .. . . .. 153Crunching Your Sprite Programs 156Positioning Sprite

. Indexing 223Indirect Indexed 223Indexed Indirect 224Branches and Testing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 226. Subroutines

Receiver/Transmitter Buffer Base Location Pointers 357Zero-Page Memory Locations and Usagefor RS-232System Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

INTRODUCTIONThe COMMODORE64 PROGRAMMER'SREFERENCEGUIDE has beendeveloped as a working tool and reference source for those of you whowant to maxim