The Intelligent and Intelligible Guide for the Inquisitive Adult takes a fresh look at understanding how computers work.

Unlike other guides, Heil and Martin's book leads you through the idiosyncrasies of programming in utterly manageable bits and pieces. At every step, the book relates the logic behind computers to the world around us.

Parallels from day to day living, images we all understand, are employed instead of mathematical gibberish. Skillfully written, using the language of writers, not computer-types, the book adopts an unusual perspective. In its straightforward manner it debunks a world of myths. And, with its amusing spirit, it makes the process fun.

At long last, here's a no-nonsense guide for those of us who feel the pinch of ignorance in the much ballyhooed age of the computer A book that makes it easy and exciting to discover exactly what's going on inside the wondrous workings of the Commodore 64.

Patiently and thoroughly, assuming intelligence but absolutely no knowledge of the machine itself, Heil and Martin take the BASIC computer language apart. And then, word by word, phrase by phrase, they put it back together again. Commands are considered carefully, one at a time. Miniprograms are developed that illustrate every crucial point. So, after an hour at the keyboard, you'll have your 64 paying attention to you, not talking back in a jargon you don’t understand.