Jef Raskin's BASIC Programming Manual [1] for the original Apple II is truly delightful. That is was written in 1978, for such a arcane little machine like the original Apple II, is all the more amazing.
It demonstrates as well as anything his ambitions to bring computers to the average person, at a time when very few people understood the potential of the home computing market.
Thank you for the link! "First, there are no lower case letters. You can only get capital letters on the APPLE II. This is all you need for programming."
It demonstrates as well as anything his ambitions to bring computers to the average person, at a time when very few people understood the potential of the home computing market.
[1] http://www.classiccmp.org/cini/pdf/Apple/Apple%20II%20Basic%... (Big PDF)