Commodore 128 Programmer's Reference Guide (PDF)

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Commodore Business Machines.
Commodore 128 Programmer’s Reference Guide.
New York, NY: Bantam Books, 1986.
ISBN 0-553-34378-5
(756 pages, 24.6 MB PDF)

This book is an indispensable reference guide and sourcebook for anyone using the new and powerful Commodore 128 computer. This machine has many new and exciting built-in features, such as the advanced BASIC programming language Version 7.0, superior graphics, and excellent sound and music capabilities. All information on these and other technical details, such as machine language programming, memory maps, input/output guide, pinout diagrams of primary chips, and schematics of the computer, are here in this, the only official Commodore 128 Programmer’s Reference Guide.

Whether you are a new user or an advanced programmer, you’ll benefit from all of the material in this book. Find out more about:

  • The New BASIC 7.0 – Explaining new BASIC with advanced features
  • Graphics – Utilizing the Commodore 128’s graphics programming
  • Sound and Music – Getting the notes out of the C128
  • Machine Language – Programming in machine language and combining it with BASIC
  • Operating System – Understanding the C128 operating system, the kernal, and memory management
  • Screen Editor and Memory Maps – Deciphering the C128, C64, and CP/M modes
  • Input/Output Guide ? Controlling peripherals through software
  • Chips – Specifications and pinouts of all important chips
  • All this and much, much more

In my quest to preserve retrocomputing documents, here is the official Commodore 128 Programmer’s Reference Guide. As always, my scanned books come with a table of contents and are fully searchable.

7 thoughts on “Commodore 128 Programmer's Reference Guide (PDF)”

  1. Much obliged, my C128PRG is falling apart!

    Btw, this also includes full information for the C64 as well, and has a better memory map than the C64PRG.

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