Manual Of Computer Programming for Astrologers Erlewine 1980 BASIC Code Printout

Acceptable vintage condition. The covers show age-related discoloration, spotting, surface wear, creasing and edge/corner wear, including damage at the lower corner near the spine. The binding shows wear and visible separation around pages 130–131. There are handwritten notes, corrections and previous-owner markings inside the book. Pages show normal age toning. The accompanying continuous-feed BASIC program printout also contains handwritten notes and corrections.

Scarce original 1980 printing of Manual of Computer Programming for Astrologers by Michael Erlewine, published by the American Federation of Astrologers.

This unusual large-format manual combines early home-computer programming with technical astrology. It teaches BASIC programming while providing routines and worked examples for calculating and displaying astrological information.

A fascinating artifact from the earliest era of personal computing, when detailed programs were entered manually and saved on systems with only a few kilobytes of memory.

VINTAGE BASIC PROGRAM PRINTOUT:

Included with the book is an unusually long continuous-feed, tractor-feed paper printout containing a vintage BASIC astrology program.

The printout is handwritten at the top:

“Astrology Erlewine 9/4/83 17472 Bytes”

The program contains hundreds of numbered lines of BASIC code, along with handwritten corrections, check marks and programming notes in blue ink. It appears related to the programming material in the book, although its exact origin and authorship cannot be independently verified.

This original-style computer printout makes the set especially interesting to collectors of vintage computing, early software, computer history and technical astrology.

BOOK CONTENTS INCLUDE:

• Introduction to home-computer systems

• Getting started with BASIC

• BASIC operators and variables

• Program editing and optimization

• Harmonic-chart programming

• Input and output subroutines

• Coordinate transformations

• Astrological house-system routines

• Astro-geography

• Planet and lunar calculations

• Asteroids, Chiron and trans-Neptunian objects

• Chart-wheel formatting

• Sorting routines

• Secondary progressions

• Solar and lunar returns

• Composite and relationship charts

• Worked programming examples

• BASIC keyword reference

• BASIC language reference

• ASCII character codes

BOOK DETAILS:

Title: Manual of Computer Programming for Astrologers

Author: Michael Erlewine

Publisher: American Federation of Astrologers, Inc.

Publication Year: 1980

Format: Large-format softcover

Language: English

ISBN: 0-86690-099-3

Length: Approximately 212 pages plus index

Printed in the United States