Perhaps the greatest source of wonder in personal computing is the number of people with a seemingly unshakeable belief that there is easy money to be made from the business.

The alternative explanation for books like this is that computer-users have such a hunger for information that it borders on addiction.

The word 'user' in the title of this slender offering is at least accurate.

Learning To Use The Vic-20 demonstrates how to load a program, gives an explanation of the keys and offers a simple introduction to the more common Basic commands such as PRINT, DIM, FOR ... NEXT

Essentially, it is little more than a simplified and extended version of the user's guide that comes with the Vic 20.

Offering only about 60 pages of large print and simple diagrams, this slender volume is hardly worth the price of a decent games program.