CHAPTERS
SOFTWARE
In Chapter
3,
you
learned
how
to
use the key-
board
of
your
Atari home computer.
Now
it's
time
to
practice loading
your
first commercial
software program.
You
must load a program
into
your
computer's memory in order
to
use
it.
To
load a cartridge program, all
you
have
to
do
is
insert the cartridge into the computer, then
turn
the computer on. Loading a cassette or diskette
program
is
a
bit
more complicated. Instructions
for loading cassette and diskette programs are
presented here.
WHAT
YOU
NEED
TO
GET
STARTED
In addition
to
your
computer and N
or
monitor,
you
will
need the
following
items
to
get
started:
• Choose the software program (cassette or dis-
kette)
that
you
wantto
load. If
you
have
not
yet
bought
a cassette or diskette software
pro-
gram
for
your
computer, refer
to
the loading
instructions after
your
first purchase. In the
meantime, be sure
to
read the software buying
tips and recommendations presented later in
this chapter.
There are
two
types
of
cassette and diskette
programs:
BASIC programs and machine-
language
programs. All this means
is
that
a soft-
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