Commodore 64C Introductory Manual page 7

• 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.