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Atari Programming with 55 Programs by Linda M. Schreiber
This is the book I learned the basics of Atari BASIC. One of the best beginners book on Atari BASIC and the Atari in general I have read.
Linda Schreiber did not talk down to you in the book. But, she did give very complete instructions with lots of explanations and a line by line description of what ever programming she was demonstrating. She also gave several examples of some useful everyday routines. This was (ans is) invaluable in BASIC programs.
Attached is a disk of some of the better routines. She tended to embed the routines into nice little programs, I just condensed out the useful bits.


Here what they are:
CLRSTR BAS 0002
GETKEY BAS 0001
MAKEPM BAS 0003
MOVEPM BAS 0005
MVCHRSETBAS 0002
SECONDS BAS 0002
TIMER BAS 0002

CLRSTR.BAS is the classic clear a string routine. You always need to clear a large string in Atari BASIC before you use it.
GETKEY.BAS how to use GET to read the keyboard
MAKEPM.BAS basic steps to creating a Player to display.
MOVEPM.BAS a simple M/L routine to move a player up and down. Note:there are much better routines out there.
MOVECHRSET.BAS little M/L routine to quickly move the character set to RAM
TIMER.BAS using the timer peeks
SECONDS.BAS using the same time peeks to click by every second (not in book, I created this)

Here is a link to almost all the files in the book in .ATR format: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/209804-bookadvanced-programming-techniques-for-your-atari-by-linda-schreiber/

Here is the book on Atarimania: http://www.atarimania.com/documents/Atari-Programming-with-55-Programs.pdf

When I get around to it I'll post her ever better book on advanced programming techniques.
Till then, enjoy.

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