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'''''Logo and More for the Commodore 64''''' by '''Richard Lambert, illustrated by Anita Jones''' is an educational book for the [[Commodore 64]], 133 pages, published by dilithium Press, Beaverton, Oregon, 1984.
'''''Logo and More for the Commodore 64''''' is a 1984 book by Richard Lambert, illustrated by Anita Jones, published by dilithium Press of Beaverton, Oregon. ISBN 0-88056-348-6; Library of Congress card number 84-9620.<ref name="tp">Richard Lambert, ''Logo and More for the Commodore 64'' (dilithium Press, 1984), title page and copyright page (PDF pp. 5-6).</ref> The Library of Congress record gives the extent as 117 pages (call number QA76.8.C64 L35 1984) and catalogues it as a children's book.<ref name="ol">Open Library, [https://openlibrary.org/books/OL2847474M ''Logo and more for the Commodore 64'', record OL2847474M], from Library of Congress catalogue data. Retrieved 2026-10-01.</ref>


An introduction to the LOGO language, with instructions for use.
It is a simple introduction to Commodore Logo on the [[Commodore 64]], which needs a 1541 disk drive. Readers draw with the turtle, use colour, variables and loops, try the programs on the Logo utility disk (word games, an animal guessing game, Easy Logo and music) and work with sprites and the sprite editor. Lambert wrote it on a Commodore 64 with the Easy Script word processor and a 1525 printer.<ref name="intro">Lambert, ''Logo and More for the Commodore 64'', Introduction, p. 1, and System Requirements, p. 5 (PDF pp. 13, 17).</ref><ref name="toc">Lambert, ''Logo and More for the Commodore 64'', Table of Contents (PDF pp. 9-11).</ref>


== What this book is not ==
== Contents ==
Page numbers are from the book's table of contents.<ref name="toc" />
* Introduction, p. 1
* Chapter 1: Getting Started, p. 5
* Chapter 2: Colors and Other Things, p. 27
* Chapter 3: Circles, Variables, and Pictures, p. 47
* Chapter 4: Over and Over, p. 59
* Chapter 5: Logo Utility Disk, p. 67
* Chapter 6: Sprites, p. 77
* Chapter 7: Fun Time, p. 89
* Appendix A: List of Commands, p. 101
* Appendix B: Other Reading on Logo, p. 105
* Appendix C: Playtime Activity Solutions, p. 107
* Index, p. 115


'''It is an educational 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 programming book for children. 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:dilithiumPress_Logo_and_more_for_the_Commodore_64.pdf </pdf>


* [[Commodore 64 / 64C Service Manual]] &mdash; parts lists, board identification and schematics for every mainboard revision
Download: [[:File:DilithiumPress Logo and more for the Commodore 64.pdf|DilithiumPress Logo and more for the 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:dilithiumPress_Logo_and_more_for_the_Commodore_64.pdf </pdf>


Download '''Logo and more for the Commodore 64''' here: [[:File:dilithiumPress Logo and more for the Commodore 64.pdf|dilithiumPress Logo and more for the Commodore 64.pdf]]
== References ==
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[[Category:Commodore Documentation]]
[[Category:Commodore Documentation]]
[[Category:Commodore Books]]
[[Category:Commodore Books]]
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