TY - BOOK AU - Rob, Peter. TI - Big blue BASIC: programming the IBM PC and compatibles SN - 534045782 AV - QA 76.8 .R63 1985 PY - 1985/// CY - Belmont, California PB - Wadsworth Publishing Company KW - IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER -- PROGRAMMING N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Chapter 1. About the microcomputers -- Chapter 2. Some programming basics -- Chapter 3. Writing more complex programs : comparisons and loops -- Chapter 4. Conversations with the micro -- Chapter 5. For/Next loops and subscripts -- Chapter 6. Complex calculations and output formatting -- Chapter 7. Nested loops and their applications -- Chapter 8. Two-dimensional and three-dimensional arrays N2 - The microcomputer's new responsibility places additional demands on the introductory microcomputer programming curriculum - and on the textbooks used in such a curriculum ER -