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Title: A pretty good guide that bogs down near the end.
Review: My college had taken a stack of old books and labeled them "FREE, TAKE ONE." That's how I stumbled across this computer instruction book from 1984 in 2002. I'm not an Apple fan, but the book looked amusing and I love things from the 80's.Authors David A. and Marianne L. Gardner do a nice job of explaining many computer commands to someone with no experience, especially all the 1980's text commands. They often use cartoons to illustrate their point, featuring themselves, Quentin the bug, and an unnamed, humanoid furry creature with tennis shoes.Unfortunately, the last few chapters of the book, as well as the appendices, are too mired in technical information, and the amusing cartoons have become sparce. Still, I can safely recommend "Apple BASIC Made Easy" to Apple fans, 80's fans, and collectors of old books. Others may want to stay away.
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