ATARI PILOT#

CX405 Educators' Package

Background#

PILOT is an extremely simple programming language written in 1968 explicitly for teaching programming to children. The language consists of one-letter commands followed by a colon, one per line, with a very limited set of operations. Variables are prefixed with $, and labels with a *.

Atari PILOT is unique in that it added a set of commands for turtle graphics. This made it compete more directly with LOGO, another language intended for teaching programming.

Example#

The following is a simple Hello World in PILOT:

R:Hello World in PILOT
T:What is your name?
A:$NAME
R:Hello $NAME!
E:

R is a "remark", similar to the REM statement in BASIC, T is "type", the equivalent of PRINT, and A is "accept", the equivalent to INPUT.

Images#

Atari Pilot Cartridge CXL4018 - 1st screen after booting

Atari Pilot box - front - thanks to Allan Bushman for scanning

Atari Pilot box - back - thanks to Allan Bushman for scanning

Source Code#

  • Atari Pilot source code(info) ; Thank you so much Atari_Ace from AtariAge for your help in creating the code. We really appreciate your help, please go ahead! :-)))

Commercial#

Manuals#

References#

CAR-Images#

ROM-Images#

Atari Pilot Cartridge CXL4018

BIN-Images#

ATR-Images#

CAS-Images#

Atari Pilot Cassettes CX4113#

With Giga-Thanks to Allan Bushman (he will never be forgotten!), we are now at 100 % of the Atari Pilot CX405 Educators' Package, the complete(!) box.
The package includes two Demonstration Program Cassettes:

- Atari Pilot Cassette CX4113 A:

PILOT Programs for Children - cassette A side 1 - thanks to Allan Bushman for scanning

A PILOT Teaching Program - cassette A side 2 - thanks to Allan Bushman for scanning

- Atari Pilot Cassette CX4113 B:

PILOT "Turtle Graphics" Demonstration - cassette B side 1 - thanks to Allan Bushman for scanning

PILOT Do-It-Yourself Slide Show - cassette B side 2 - thanks to Allan Bushman for scanning

Both cassettes just include program data only! No audio! Therefore, we prefer to have it on diskette, please see above under: ATR-Images

Atari Pilot Cassettes CX4113 Program Pictures#

Atari PILOT Demonstration Program Cassettes CX4113-01

Atari PILOT Demonstration Program Cassettes CX4113-02

Atari PILOT Demonstration Program Cassettes CX4113-03

Atari PILOT Demonstration Program Cassettes CX4113-04

Atari PILOT Demonstration Program Cassettes CX4113-05

Atari PILOT Demonstration Program Cassettes CX4113-06

Atari PILOT Demonstration Program Cassettes CX4113-07

Atari PILOT Demonstration Program Cassettes CX4113-08

Atari PILOT Demonstration Program Cassettes CX4113-09

Atari PILOT Demonstration Program Cassettes CX4113-10

Atari PILOT Demonstration Program Cassettes CX4113-11

Atari PILOT Demonstration Program Cassettes CX4113-12

Atari PILOT Demonstration Program Cassettes CX4113-13

Atari PILOT Demonstration Program Cassettes CX4113-14