Vintage Basic Programming For The VAX And PDP-11 Diehr Barron Munro Wiley PB

Condition

Vintage trade paperback with shelf wear. Front cover shows surface rubbing and light edge and corner wear. Spine ends have small rubs and a yellow "USED" label affixed near the lower edge. First page carries a University Book Store stamp, large "SOLD" stamp, and inked and penciled names and pricing notes. Interior pages exhibit mild age toning and handling, but the text, code listings, and indexes remain clean, legible, and securely bound with no loose or missing pages.

Description

Title: Basic Programming for the VAX and PDP-11.

Authors: George Diehr, Terry Barron, and Thomas Munro; publisher: John Wiley & Sons; format: 1984 English-language trade paperback printed in the United States.

Genre/Topics: computer science, computer programming, BASIC programming language, VAX-11 systems, PDP-11 minicomputers, structured programming, and introductory software development for DEC hardware environments.

Content overview: introduces the fundamentals of BASIC programming on VAX and PDP-11 systems, explaining variables, arithmetic operations, input and output, control structures, and user-defined functions through worked examples such as payroll calculations, currency exchange programs, and other practical business and technical applications.

Organization and layout: chapters present language concepts followed by step-by-step program design, annotated code listings, and sample terminal output; sections use numbered headings and subsections, and the volume concludes with indexes to help readers locate topics, commands, and examples.

Illustrations and features: includes monospaced code listings, tables of program variables and meanings, example screens of program runs, and explanatory text discussing algorithm design, testing, and refinement for VAX and PDP-11 environments.

Physical details: black softcover with an abstract grid design of teal and orange rectangles on the front panel and spine titling reading "Basic Programming for the VAX and PDP-11" above the three authors' names, with interior pages printed in black text on white stock.

Narrative type and audience: nonfiction technical textbook intended for college students, young adults, and adult readers learning BASIC for VAX-11 and PDP-11 systems, as well as programmers and computing hobbyists interested in historical minicomputer software development.

Bibliographic details: copyright 1984 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; cover photo by Paul Silverman; Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication lists the subject headings VAX-11 (Computer)—Programming, PDP-11 (Computer)—Programming, and BASIC (Computer program language); ISBN: 0-471-86817-5.

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