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Three Dick Smith Manuals for the System 80 + another - ChickenMan - 09-01-2021
Thanks to kimjohn for making these manuals available to be scanned and archived.
DICK SMITH'S COMPUTERS FOR KIDS SYSTEM-8O EDITION was written by Sally Greenwood Larsen in 1982. A4 in size but horizontal and 62 pages long. From Dick Smith :
I believe this little book provides an ideal way of getting students started. Written by an experienced teacher, it talks in language the kids can understand- yet doesn't patronise. With its help, they'll soon have a computer jumping through hoops like an expert.
Table of Contents
1. What Is a Computer?
2. Flowcharting
3. Running the Machine Itself
4. Getting Ready to Program
5. Print and Variables
6. GOTO, INPUT and RND
7. IF-THEN and FOR-NEXT
8. Graphics Programs
9. Sample Programs
10. Glossary of Statements and Commands
11. Notes for Teachers and Parents
Dick Smith's Getting to Know PERSONAL COMPUTERS. Editor was Dorothy Deger and published in 1982. A5 in size and 148 pages long. From Dick Smith :
Only yesterday a computer was solely for the use of multi-million dollar big business and government but today it is an affordable multi-purpose machine available to the average person.
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
WHAT IS A PERSONAL COMPUTER AND HOW DOES IT WORK?
THE COMPUTER MIRACLE
WHAT CAN A PERSONAL COMPUTER DO FOR YOU?
GETTING STARTED IN COMPUTING AND CHOOSING THE HARDWARE
A CLOSE-UP LOOK AT TWO TYPICAL PERSONAL COMPUTERS (System-80 and VIC 20)
THE RANGE OF READY MADE PROGRAMS
EXPANDING THE SYSTEM
THE SMALL BUSINESS COMPUTER
APPENDIX
GLOSSARY
CLUB DIRECTORY
Also provided was the MEMORY AND FLOPPY DISK DIAGNOSTIC PROGRAMS FOR THE DICK SMITH SYSTEM-80 USER'S GUIDE. We already have a copy of this but is replaced with this better quality one.
Also provided was an original MICRO-80 SOFTPAK Manual produced by Micro-80, Adelaide. From its Introduction :
Throughout this documentation you will find references to the SYSTEM 80 microcomputer. This machine was sold in Europe as the VIDEO GENIE and in the U.S.A. and to an extent New Zealand as the PMC-80. There are no substantial hardware differences between the three.
Generally, the text has been written to cover all types of computer for which each program is suitable. Some of the keys have different captions on the early SYSTEM 80/VIDEO GENIE/PMC-80 computers, from those on the TRS-80. These did not have the Right Arrow or Clear keys and the Up Arrow, Down Arrow, Left Arrow and Enter keys were labelled 'ESC', 'CTRL', 'BCKSP' and 'NEWLINE' respectively.
So in the Vintage System-80 repository in Documentation/Manuals folder we placed
dick_smiths_computers_for_kids_system-80_edition.pdf
dick_smiths_getting_to_know_personal_computers.pdf
diagnostic_programs_user_guide.pdf
micro-80_softpak_manual.pdf