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Publisher, dates and ISBN are legible on the copyright page (page said not legible): Sunshine Books, Feb 1983, ISBN 0-946408-02-5; subtitle; extent 176 numbered pages, not 181; BL record 137 p.; contents; description from author's introduction
 
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'''''The Working Commodore 64''''' by '''David Lawrence''' is an applications book for the [[Commodore 64]], 181 pages, published by publisher not legible in this scan.
'''''The Working Commodore 64: A library of practical subroutines and programs''''' is a book by David Lawrence, published in London by Sunshine Books (an imprint of Scot Press). It was first published in February 1983; the hosted scan is from a printing after the third reprint of October 1983. ISBN 0-946408-02-5.<ref name="tp">David Lawrence, ''The Working Commodore 64'' (Sunshine Books, 1983), title page and copyright page (PDF pp. 3-4).</ref> The numbered pages in this printing run to 176. The British Library record gives 137 pages.<ref name="ol">Open Library, [https://openlibrary.org/books/OL15317885M ''The working Commodore 64'', record OL15317885M], from British Library catalogue data. Retrieved 2026-10-01.</ref>


Practical applications programs. The title page of this scan is largely obscured by a printed character-set pattern, so only the title and author are legible.
It is a collection of BASIC application programs for the [[Commodore 64]], written in modules that are tested as they are typed in and can be reused in the reader's own programs. Lawrence based its structure on two earlier books in the same series for other machines.<ref name="intro">Lawrence, ''The Working Commodore 64'', Calling up Commodore, p. 9 (PDF p. 11).</ref> The programs include a clock, a graph plotter and a simple word processor; merge, delete and renumber tools; a character, sprite and bitmap graphics set; the Unifile filing system; educational programs; banking, accounts and budget programs; and a music chapter.<ref name="toc">Lawrence, ''The Working Commodore 64'', Contents and Contents in detail (PDF pp. 5-8).</ref>


== What this book is not ==
== Contents ==
Page numbers are from the book's contents list.<ref name="toc" />
* Calling up Commodore, p. 9
* 1: Good things in small packages: Clock, p. 11; Graph, p. 16; Texted, p. 22
* 2: Programming tools: Merge, p. 31; Delete, p. 33; Renumber, p. 35
* 3: The colourful 64: Artist, p. 41; Characters, p. 50; Sprites, p. 60; Hi-Res, p. 69
* 4: The 64 as secretary: Unifile, p. 77; Unifile II, p. 89; Nnumber, p. 101
* 5: Home education: MultiQ, p. 111; Words, p. 119; Typist, p. 125
* 6: High micro-finance: Banker, p. 131; Accountant, p. 139; Budget, p. 148
* 7: Music, p. 163


'''It is an applications book, not a service document.''' It carries '''no schematics, no parts list, no component values and no board layouts''', and it is not a source for a repair figure. Citing it for a capacitor value, a voltage rating or a chip location would be citing the wrong kind of document.
== What this book does not contain ==
It is a book of program listings. It has no schematics, parts lists or component values; for those use the [[Commodore 64 / 64C Service Manual]].


For component-level data on the machine use Commodore's own documentation instead:
<pdf> File:Lawrence_The_Working_Commodore_64.pdf </pdf>


* [[Commodore 64 / 64C Service Manual]] &mdash; parts lists, board identification and schematics for every mainboard revision
Download: [[:File:Lawrence The Working Commodore 64.pdf|Lawrence The Working Commodore 64.pdf]]
* [[Commodore 64 Technical Manual and Parts List]] &mdash; the drawing package, P/N 990439
* [[Commodore 64 Capacitor Replacement Guide]] &mdash; the wiki's component list, built from those two
 
== Other books hosted here ==
 
This is one of 60 Commodore books on this wiki. See [[:Category:Commodore Books]] for the annotated index, which groups them by what they are for and marks the handful that do carry hardware data.
 
<pdf> File:Lawrence_The_Working_Commodore_64.pdf </pdf>


Download '''The Working Commodore 64''' here: [[:File:Lawrence The Working Commodore 64.pdf|Lawrence The Working Commodore 64.pdf]]
== References ==
<references />


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Latest revision as of 09:34, 1 October 2026

The Working Commodore 64: A library of practical subroutines and programs is a book by David Lawrence, published in London by Sunshine Books (an imprint of Scot Press). It was first published in February 1983; the hosted scan is from a printing after the third reprint of October 1983. ISBN 0-946408-02-5.[1] The numbered pages in this printing run to 176. The British Library record gives 137 pages.[2]

It is a collection of BASIC application programs for the Commodore 64, written in modules that are tested as they are typed in and can be reused in the reader's own programs. Lawrence based its structure on two earlier books in the same series for other machines.[3] The programs include a clock, a graph plotter and a simple word processor; merge, delete and renumber tools; a character, sprite and bitmap graphics set; the Unifile filing system; educational programs; banking, accounts and budget programs; and a music chapter.[4]

Contents

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Page numbers are from the book's contents list.[4]

  • Calling up Commodore, p. 9
  • 1: Good things in small packages: Clock, p. 11; Graph, p. 16; Texted, p. 22
  • 2: Programming tools: Merge, p. 31; Delete, p. 33; Renumber, p. 35
  • 3: The colourful 64: Artist, p. 41; Characters, p. 50; Sprites, p. 60; Hi-Res, p. 69
  • 4: The 64 as secretary: Unifile, p. 77; Unifile II, p. 89; Nnumber, p. 101
  • 5: Home education: MultiQ, p. 111; Words, p. 119; Typist, p. 125
  • 6: High micro-finance: Banker, p. 131; Accountant, p. 139; Budget, p. 148
  • 7: Music, p. 163

What this book does not contain

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It is a book of program listings. It has no schematics, parts lists or component values; for those use the Commodore 64 / 64C Service Manual.

Download: Lawrence The Working Commodore 64.pdf

References

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  1. ↑ David Lawrence, The Working Commodore 64 (Sunshine Books, 1983), title page and copyright page (PDF pp. 3-4).
  2. ↑ Open Library, The working Commodore 64, record OL15317885M, from British Library catalogue data. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
  3. ↑ Lawrence, The Working Commodore 64, Calling up Commodore, p. 9 (PDF p. 11).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lawrence, The Working Commodore 64, Contents and Contents in detail (PDF pp. 5-8).
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