CHAPTER
1
WELCOMETO
HOME
COMPUTING
Now
that
you
are the proud
owner
of
an
Atari
home computer, congratulate yourself! A home
computer can eliminate a
lot
of
the drudgery
associated
with
many types
of
paperwork, such
as
writing
reports and keeping finances in order.
In addition,
your
Atari home computer can pro-
vide
your
entire family
with
stimulating enter-
tainment.
In
fact
since the computer can per-
form
all sorts
of
different functions, it's very likely
that every member
of
your
family
will
be
drawn
to
some aspect
of
computing.
You
will find
that
it
is
ea
sy
to
use
your
Atari
home computer. A home computer
is
designed
so
that
long, difficult instructions and various
secret passwords are completely unnecessary
When
you
want
to
use
your
computer for a spe-
cific purpose, such
as
ty
ping a letter, balancing
your
checkbook, or simply playing a game, all
you have
to
do
is
buy
the appropriate program
(a
set
of
instructions already created for you)
that
will set up
your
computer for the purpose
you
need. Once
you
are more familiar
with
your
computer,
you
may
want
to
create
your
own
simple programs. For example,
you
may
want
to
create a program
that
will
draw
pictures, or
graphics, on the screen.
This
is
easy
to
do once
you
know
the simple instructions, or commands,
to
use
.
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