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Thank you for your purchase of the TinkerCo 3250. We hope you think programming is as fun as we do. Let's make 1971 a great year for coding! close

TinkerCo 3250 Reference Thank you for your purchase of the TinkerCo 3250, even in the face of recent lawsuits. We have a constant commitment to quality computers that we hope comes through in our product. We hope you'll find this computer to be blazing fast and free of any alleged spontaneous combustion. BASIC on the TinkerCo 3250 The TinkerCo 3250 has a built in BASIC parser that will be sure to knock your socks off. Enjoy the following commands, all included free of charge: PRINT Print out a string or a variable.



Usage:

PRINT "Hello world!"

VAR Declare a variable.



Usage:

VAR foo = 6

ADD Add a number to a variable. The variable will store the new value. This can also be used to add two variables together.



Usage:

ADD variable 20

SUB Subtract a number from a variable. The variable will store the new value. This can also be used to subtract one variable from another.



Usage:

SUB counter 1

READ Read a number from the input, and store it in a variable.



Usage:

READ variable

IF If the condition is true, continue. Otherwise, jump to the next ENDIF. The following operators are supported: , >=. ==.



Usage:

IF x < 4

PRINT "less than four!"

ENDIF

GOTO Jump to a previously defined label.



Usage:

LABEL:

PRINT "infinite loop"

GOTO LABEL

SAVE Save a variable to long-term storage. Starts out at zero. The possible locations to save to are 0-9 and A-F.



Usage:

VAR number

SAVE 0 number

LOAD Load a variable from long-term storage. Starts out at zero. The possible locations to load from are 0-9 and A-F.



Usage:

VAR number

LOAD D number

