Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hpda!fortune!amdcad!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-viking!waters From: waters@viking.DEC (Lester Waters) Newsgroups: net.wanted Subject: Re: BASIC Programming book wanted Message-ID: <153@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Thu, 6-Dec-84 09:13:20 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.153 Posted: Thu Dec 6 09:13:20 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 9-Dec-84 03:33:00 EST Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 19 There is a book out titled A GUIDE TO PROGRAMMING THE IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER by Bruce Presley. The book is well thought out for a beginner, starting with simple topics (like how to print something) and then moves to more advanced topics (like files). The progression is easy and it does not throw a lot of things at you in the beginning (or even later). The book is not 'cutesy' like many introductory texts. It has lots of good clear examples (I like examples!). I think you can find the book in most book stores (its an 8-1/2 x 11 with a black cover). The book also has homework problems (with solutions in the back) and covers a little bit of structured programming. I recommend it highly. - Lester - P.S. I believe that there are a couple other A GUIDE TO... books by Presley out for the Apple, TRS-80, and Commodore computers.