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{{Infobox video game|title = Basic Programming (Book)

|title = Basic Programming (Book)

|image = Image:Basicprogramming.png

|developer = [[Warren Robinett]]

|publisher = Atari

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'''BASIC Programming''' attempted to teach simple computer programming on the Atari 2600. It was released for the [[Atari 2600]] console in 19791985 and it was one of only a few non-gaming cartridges released by the company. This program allowed consumers to create some simple programs using its own unique programming language, which was superficially similar to dialects of [[BASIC]], but differed in many important aspects. The extremely small [[RAM]] size of the Atari 2600, 128 bytes, severely restricted the possibilities of this cartridge for writing any programs.

The BASIC Programming display was divided into six regions: