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              Dear Parent:
VTech                
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2 GETTING STARTED                
CHAPTER 3 THE KEYBOARD
              CHAPTER 5 WORD PROCESSOR
CHAPTER 6 SYSTEM SETUP              
CHAPTER 7 BASIC
CHAPTER                
CALCULATOR
TIME LIMITS                
CHAPTER 10 SCORING
              CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
              CHAPTER 2: GETTING STARTED
MAIN BATTERY INSTALLATION                
BATTERY NOTICE
BACKUP BATTERY INSTALLATION              
AC ADAPTOR CONNECTION
              PRINTER CONNECTION
MOUSE CONNECTION                
GENERAL OPERATION
ON BUTTON & OFF BUTTON              
CONTRAST SWITCH
VOLUME SWITCH                
LED STATUS DISPLAY BAR AND LCD SCREEN
              CHAPTER 3: THE KEYBOARD
SPECIAL KEYS            
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              ACTIVITY SELECTOR
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              CHAPTER 4: ACTIVITIES AND FUNCTIONS
HOW TO PLAY                
SELECTING/CHOOSING/HIGHLIGHTING
CUSTOMIZED SCREEN AND TIPS OF TODAY                
ENTERING ACTIVITIES
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              GENERAL DISPLAY
WORD GAMES            
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              MATHEMATICS
              COMPUTER SKILLS
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              GAMES
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TRIVIA                
DEMO MODE
SYSTEM SETUP              
CHAPTER 5: WORD PROCESSOR
              FILE OPTIONS
New                
Load
Save                
Delete
              EDIT OPTIONS
Define a Block                
Block Begin
Block End                
Block Copy
              FORMAT OPTIONS
Justify Left                
Justify Right
Justify Center                
Bold
              TOOLS OPTIONS
Check Spelling                
Symbols
PRINT OPTIONS                
Printer Setup
              HELP
EXIT              
CHAPTER 6: SYSTEM SETUP
PRINTER SETUP                
TIPS OF TODAY
              SCREEN SAVER
CLEAR LAST SCORE                
ICON BOX
QUICK MENU SETUP                
CUSTOMIZE SETUP
              DEMO MODE
RAM CART. MANAGER                
List Files
Save File                
Load File
              POWER LINK
              CHAPTER 7: BASIC
INTRODUCTION                
WHAT IS BASIC
WHAT IS A PROGRAM                
WHY SHOULD I LEARN TO USE A COMPUTER
              THE KEYBOARD
THE LCD SCREEN              
GETTING STARTED
10 PRINT “HI THERE”                
PRINT “HI THERE”
NEW              
AUTO
              BASIC COMPUTER TUTORIAL
EXAMPLE OF A BASIC PROGRAM                
PRINT 12-4+7
END                
10 PRONG 12-4+7
              LET’S DO SOME ARITHMETIC
10 PRINT 6*2.204                
10 PRINT 6/2.204
10 PRINT 2^10                
10 PRINT 3+11/7
              NUMERIC VARIABLES
10 LET A=8              
20 LET B=10
30 LET B=15                
40 LET C=A+B
PRINT “FIRST NUMBER”; A                
PRINT “SECOND NUMBER”; B
              STRING VARIABLES
VARIABLE NAMES                
CONTENTS
CURTIS                
ALPHABET SOUP
              CONSTANTS
New                
PRINT N
IF N<10 THEN                
50 PRINT “THE ANSWER IS”; N press ENTER
              INPUTTING DATA
LET N=10                
LET A$=“NANCY LIKES CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES”
INPUT “GIVE ME A NUMBER”; N              
MAKING DECISIONS
IF A > 90 THEN PRINT “YOU ARE SMART”              
INPUT “ENTER THE LENGTH”;L
INPUT “ENTER WIDTH”;W                
LET A=L*W
PRINT “THE AREA IS”;A                
INPUT “ANOTHER? (Y/N)”;R$
              50PRINT “ARITHMETIC OPERATION YOU WANT”
60PRINT “ME TO DO FOR YOU”                
70INPUT R$
100IF R$=“A” THEN C=A+B : GOTO                
110IF R$=“S” THEN C=A-B :GOTO
              LOOPING
10INPUT “GIVE ME A NUMBER”;N                
20PRINT “YOUR NUMBER IS”;N
30GOTO                
FOR N=1 TO
              20PRINT “N IS”;N
40IF N > 10 THEN END                
50GOTO
FOR N=1 TO 10 STEP                
10FOR N=10 TO 1 STEP
              MORE ABOUT GROUPS - GOSUB ... RETURN
10INPUT “ENTER THE CELSIUS TEMP”;C                
20GOSUB
30INPUT “ENTER THE FAHRENHEIT TEMP”;F                
40GOSUB
              REFERENCE SECTION
CLEAR                
10 Clear
DIM                
10DIM FRIEND$(50)
              END
160END                
999END
              PSET
10 CLS                
20PSET 100
PRESET                
20FOR X= 50 TO
              SOUND
FOR ... TO ... STEP ... NEXT                
60FOR ITEMS=1 TO
70INPUT PRICE                
80SUM=PRICE+SUM
              Y=9 : X=SQR(Y) : PRINT
              ARITHMETIC FUNCTIONS
PRINT ABS (7-2*4)                
PRINT SGN (A); SGN (A-A)
PRINT INT (-6.7)                
PRINT RND (19)
              STRING FUNCTIONS
A$=STR$(73)                
10A$=STR$(7*3)
20B$=A$+“BIG”                
30PRINT B$
              GRAPHICS FUNCTION
SUBSTRINGS              
10 A$=“ABCDE”
20B$=LEFT$ (A$+“FGH”,6)                
RUN ABCDEF
10 A$=“WHY”                
20B$=RIGHT$(A$+“ME”,4)
              10X=ASC(“ROY”)
20PRINT                
30PRINT CHR$(68)
RUN D                
30GOSUB
              IF...THEN...ELSE
              30 IF X >25 THEN
10 INPUT A,B                
20IF A > B THEN
30IF A < B THEN                
40IF A = B THEN
              LOGICAL OPERATORS
              TRUTH TABLES
TRUTH TABLE FOR “NOT” FUNCTION                
TRUTH TABLE FOR “AND” FUNCTION
TRUTH TABLE FOR “OR” FUNCTION                
10 INPUT A,B,C
              INPUT
35 INPUT AMOUNT                
140 INPUT “WHAT IS YOUR NAME”;NAME$
              LET
40 LET SUM=A+B+C                
25 LET AMOUNT=PRICE-DISCOUNT
              PRINT
80PRINT NAME$; “IS COMING”                
230PRINT “SUM=”; A+B+C
READ AND DATA                
10DATA 10,60,70,80,90
              RESTORE
10DATA 1,3,8,9                
20READ A,B,D
30RESTORE                
40READ X,Y
              APPENDIX
EXAMPLE PROGRAMS                
10 PRINT “Weight on the Moon”
20INPUT “Your Weight in Lbs.” ; WEIGHT                
30MOONWEIGHT = WEIGHT /6
              10PRINT “Rock, Paper, Scissors”
20PRINT “Type in P, R, S”                
30INPUT “and see if you win. ->”;ANSWER$
40PRINT “You :” ; ANSWER$;                
50MYGUESS = INT (RND (0)*(3) + 1)
              10PRINT “If an average life”
20PRINT “span is 70 years”                
30PRINT “Then how many”
40PRINT “generations would have”                
50PRINT “lived in 2000 years?”
              10 DIM N$(5)
20 PRINT “The Fortune Teller”                
30 INPUT “Are you a boy or a girl” ;S$
40INPUT “Pick a number between 2-5”;NUMBER                
50FOR COUNT = 1 TO NUMBER
              10DIM WEEK$(6)
20DIM EVENT$(6)                
30DATA “SUNDAY”,“PLAY TIME”
40DATA “MONDAY”,“LEARN ECOLOGY”                
50DATA “TUESDAY”,“LEARN ENGLISH”
              10REM * MAD LIB’S
20PRINT “Mad Lib’s”                
30INPUT “Adjective”; A1$
40INPUT “Verb”; V$                
50INPUT “Adverb”; A2$
              80 GOTO
100PRINT "No! The secret number is smaller                
110GOTO
200PRINT "Yes! The number is "; NO;                
210END
              10 REM Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
20DATA 62,62,19,19,10,10,19,30,30,36,36                
30DATA 50,50,62,19,19,30,30,36,36,50
40DATA 19,19,30,30,36,36,50,62,62,19,19                
50DATA 10,10,19,30,30,36,36,50,50,62
              THE ASCII CODE TABLE
              THE ERROR MESSAGES
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              CHAPTER 8: CALCULATOR
BASIC CALCULATOR OPERATIONS                
USING THE MEMORY FEATURES:
              ADVANCED FUNCTIONS
              TRIGONOMETRY FUNCTIONS
              TIME LIMITS
TIMING CODE                
CHAPTER 10: SCORING
              SCORING CODE
POINTS              
CHAPTER 11: POWER LINK
CONNECTING THE CABLE                
CONTROLLING VTECH POWER LINK™
Trivia PC                
File Transfer
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              CHAPTER 12:
HOW TO USE AN EXPANSION CARTRIDGE              
CHAPTER 13: CARE AND MAINTENANCE