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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
