Commodore 64C User manual

COMMODORE
PERSONAL COMPUTER
introductory guide
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A quick-start guide to loading and running software
on the world's best selling personal computer

commodore 64C ™
introductory guide
A quick'Start guide to loading and running software on the
worlds best selling personal computer
• getting started 3
• the 64C keyboard 15
• using software 23
• user's manual statement 33

getting started
getting started
• yes you can—with the
Commodore 64C 2
• what you need to get started 4
• turning on the computer for
the first time 5
• the commodore 64C ports 6
• initial screen display 8
• screen messages 9
• moving around the screen 10
• trying out your new
commodore 64C 11
• about ram and rom 12
• troubleshooting chart 13

yes you can—with the commodore 64C
The Commodore 64C personal computer is a powerful, sophisticated and easy to use informa
tion processing system. With the 64C, you can process almost any kind of information-
business, personal, educational, recreational, scientific, financial, and more. And with the 64C
you can present this information in almost any form—words, numbers, pictures and sound.
With the wide-ranging capabilities of the 64C at your disposal, you can do all this:
word processing
• Type a draft
• Make changes or correct mistakes
electronically
• Print out a perfect final copy
• Create form letters and mailing lists
• Save all your material in electronic files
• Recall information with a few keystrokes
business
• Set up and maintain spreadsheets
• Set up and maintain budgets and payrolls
• Create "what if scenarios
• Perform complex statistical analysis
• Electronically calculate personal and
business tax data
• Automatically print out complete tax
forms
• Control your investment portfolio
• Create and maintain general ledgers,
accounts receivable and accounts payable
• Generate full-color graphs and charts
based on your numerical data
data base and file management
• Create your own electronic files and data
bases
• Store and control letters and documents,
and numerical, statistical and financial
data
• Create and maintain inventories
• Keep track of valuable collections (wines,
stamps, coins, records, hooks, etc.)
• Create and update status reports
• File recipes—even create your own
cookbook!
telecommunications
• Check financial market activities
• Consult airline schedules
• Do your banking
• Shop for and order merchandise
• Consult information services—like
Quantum Link™ The Source™ Delphi™
CompuServe™ Dow Jones™ The New York
Times'"—for detailed information on
almost any topic

• Electronically "mail" almost any kind o(
information, almost anywhere
• Consult encyclopedias like the World
Book and the Academic American
Encyclopedia electronically
• Send and receive personal messages and
other information through thousands of
computer bulletin hoards
• Receive newspapers on your TV or
monitor
education
• Earn college credits or just take courses for
fun with The Electronic University
• Study math, science, English, music, lan
guages and other subjects, at both elemen
tary and advanced levels
• Use light pens, drawing tablets and speech
synthesizers
• Visit the stars through your own
planetarium
• Learn how to program in languages
such as BASIC, C, COBOL, COMAL,
FORTH, FORTRAN, LOGO, PASCAL,
PILOT—and even assembly and machine
language
• Control the pace of learning—go as fast or
as slow as you like
entertainment
• Play hundreds of action games and mind
games
• Create and print out designs and pictures
in 16 vibrant colors
• Create and play music with the 64C's
versatile 3-voice, 6-octave sound
synthesizer
• Do all this in the comfort of your home—
you never have to wait in line or pay to
park the car
interfacing with other equipment
• Connect your 64C to printers, disk drives,
tape recorders, communications modems,
video monitors, television sets, stereo
equipment, video recorders, joysticks,
paddle controllers, telephones, light pens,
drawing tablets, numeric keypads, music
synthesizers, scientific equipment. . .
• Control your household appliances
• Even control your own robot servant!
IN DOING ALL THESE THINGS,
YOU CAN USE THE 64C IN TWO
WAYS:
• You can select from many prepackaged
programs (software) available on cartridge,
disk or tape.
• Or you can create and run your own
programs.
Whatever your level of expertise, you will find
that with the information in this booklet you
can begin using your 64C quickly and easily.

what you need to get started
Here's what you need to start computing
with your Commodore 64C:
• The computer keyboard, which
lets you type information and send it
to the computer
• A television set or a video
monitor, which lets you see what the
computer is doing
You can connect accessory equipment
(sometimes called peripheral equipment
or simply peripherals) to your 64C. For
example, with a disk drive or cassette
recorder, you can save your work. With a
printer, you can make a copy of your
work.
If you haven't already con
nected your equipment,
follow the directions given
in the QUICK-CONNECT
GUIDE, which is packed in
the computer box.

turning on the computer for the first time
—if you are using a television set
1. MAKE SURE THAT YOU
HAVE CONNECTED THE COM
PUTER PROPERLY TO THE
TELEVISION SET.
Follow the instructions in the QUICK-
CONNECT GUIDE.
2. SET THE CHANNEL SELEC
TOR SWITCH ON THE BACK OF
THE COMPUTER.
Set the switch (marked L-H ) to either
channel 3 or channel 4—whichever is not
used in your area.
3. TURN ON THE TV SET.
4. TURN ON THE COMPUTER
The red POWER light on the top left side
of the computer then comes on and the
initial screen display appears.
—if you are using a monitor:
1. MAKE SURE THAT YOU
HAVE CONNECTED THE COM
PUTER PROPERLY TO THE
MONITOR.
Follow the instructions in the QUICK
CONNECT GUIDE.
2. TURN ON THE MONITOR.
3. TURN ON THE COMPUTER.
The small red POWER light on the top
left side of the computer then comes on
and the initial screen display appears.

the commodore 64C ports
CONTROL
PORTS
For joysticks, mouse, eic.
POWER
PORT
EXPANSION
PORT
L/H
TV Channel Selector
(3 or 4)