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I got this book sometime ago, and have just been able to get into it over the past few months. It's resulted in a new (used) Apple II+ purchase, and my son's first introduction to programming via BASIC.
This is a great book - it doesn't assume you know much of anything about these or any other computers, but at the same time, it is sufficiently technical to be a resource for those who want to dig deep into the Apple II. None of this information is new - you can find everything that's in this book out there on the internet. But, most of what's written on the Apple II falls into one of two categories: original source material that is often a bit obtuse, or doesn't assume the user knows much about computers. OR, forum posts or hobbyists websites which don't surface easily in Google search results, and often don't come with the context that this book brings. This book not only puts (relatively) deep technical material in the context that a contemporary reader would have, but also presents it in an orderly fashion, building up from basics such as hardware and simple BASIC, to more advanced BASIC programs, and DOS.
I had an Apple IIe as a kid, and wrote some very simple text-based BASIC games, and would often 'hack' existing programs by changing PRINT statements. But, I never really learned deeper programming concepts (loops, arrays, more in-depth control structures) until adulthood. As such, I have this sense that I missed out on playing around with these machines, to the full extent. This book has been a great way for me to finally dig in deep into the Apple II and try to learn this machine inside-and-out. This book doesn't provide enough info to do all of that, but I will now feel more comfortable digging into Randy Hyde's assembly language book.
I also think this is still a great way to introduce young kids to basic programming concepts such as variables, loops, if/then statements, and arrays. The simplicity of this system, the lack of features such as an editor, or more complex control structures I think actually makes learn the VERY basics of programming very easy. You can write small programs faster in BASIC than many other languages. And, when you hit the limits of what BASIC can do in a reasonable way, then it's time to introduce something more powerful like C or Python or PERL. Anyway, thanks David for a great, contemporary manual for the Apple II that is written in the context of today's computers and the internet.
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