Elementary BASIC: As Chronicled by John H. Watson [Paperback]

Henry Ledgard (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 286 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (February 14, 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0006366295
• ISBN-13: 978-0006366294
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #982,928 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Odd Little Book, December 29, 2003

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This review is from: Elementary BASIC: As Chronicled by John H. Watson (Paperback)

This book would be of interest to both collectors of Sherlock
Holmes pastiches and of early computer programming books,
because it actually combines a Sherlock Holmes mystery with
learning the old BASIC language (circa 1982). This kind of
book, like the old IBM mainframe manuals and other books about "old" computer languages,like ADA, are becoming fun to read again, or collect. Actually a helpful little book on how to read and write BASIC computer code combined with a Sherlock Holmes

pastiche written by the authors, "illustrated" with data charts
and some reprints of old Sherlock Holmes pulp magazine pictures
and several small woodcuts.