CHAPTER
2
GETTI
'
NG
STARTED
All
you
need
to
start computing
is
an
Atari
com-
puter, a
1V
set
or
monitor
(preferably color), and
software.
You
may also have purchased some
sort
of
device
to
load programs
into
the com-
puter (such
as
a cassette recorder
or
a disk drive)
or
some controllers for playing games (such
as
joysticks or paddles). If
you
are interested in
learning more
about
various types
of
equipment
(called
peripherals)
that
you
can use
with
your
computer, see Chapter
4,
"Peripherals."
YOU
NEED
A
TV
OR
MONITOR
It's likely
that
you
already
own
a
TV
set
that
you
can
use
with
your
Atari computer. In most
cases,
any color or black-and-white set
will
work
fine
as
a video display for
your
games
or
other
pro-
grarris.
The
only
problem
you
may run
into
is
called excessive overscan. If
it
becomes evident
that
you
aren't
seeing a
lot
of
the
edges
of
the
video image
your
computer
is
generating and
the TV
is
hooked up properly,
you
have an over-
scan
problem. This sometimes occurs in older
TV
sets,
and there's
not
much
you
can
do
about
it
other than
buying
a
new
TV All
TVs
have
some
overscan; however,
if
the overscan starts
to
interfere
with
playing games
or
using
other
types
of
programs,
you
may
want
to
consider
replacing
your
TV
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