black background. Again,
you
will
nofbe
able
to
utilize the color capabilities
of
the Atari
with
a
monochrome
monitor
For many business ap-
plications, though, color
is
not
as
important
as
is
the 80-column display. Com
rex,
NEC, DMC, and
Kaga
are some
of
the companies
that
produce a
monochrome monitor.
The
price range
is
gener-
ally
about
$100
to
$250. A monochrome moni-
tor
can be used
with
an Atari
800
or
1200XL,
but
not
with
an
Atari 400.
PRINTERS: DIFFERENT TYPES,
DIFFERENT PURPOSES
When using
your
computer for purposes
other
than playing games, eventually
you
may find the
need for a printer A printer
lets
you
transfer
your
letters, reports, pictures,
or
programs
you
create from the software on
which
your
work
is
stored
to
a sheet
of
paper. Finding a problem, or
bug, in a program
you
are
writing
can be a
lot
easier
if
you
have a complete printed listing
of
the program in
front
of
you
.
And
for
word
pro-
cessing purposes,
it
's
likely
you
will
want
a
hard
copy (paper copy)
of
the letters or other docu-
ments
you
create.
As
with
most peripherals, there are
different
types
of
printers for different purposes. When
you
only
need a hard copy
of
your
work
for
yourself and the
print
quality
is
not
of
the
utmost importance, a
dot-matrix
printer will
do
quite nicely.
This
type
of
printer produces letters,
numbers, and
other
characters made up
of
dots,
like
the
pictures
you
see in newspapers.
Some
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