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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.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3][4]

Contents

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

  • 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

What this book does not contain

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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.

Download: DilithiumPress Logo and more for the Commodore 64.pdf

References

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  1. ↑ Richard Lambert, Logo and More for the Commodore 64 (dilithium Press, 1984), title page and copyright page (PDF pp. 5-6).
  2. ↑ Open Library, Logo and more for the Commodore 64, record OL2847474M, from Library of Congress catalogue data. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
  3. ↑ Lambert, Logo and More for the Commodore 64, Introduction, p. 1, and System Requirements, p. 5 (PDF pp. 13, 17).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lambert, Logo and More for the Commodore 64, Table of Contents (PDF pp. 9-11).