Atari 800 Instruction Manual

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SETTING UP
B efo re you can work w it h th e Person al Financi al M anagement System, you need
to set up yo ur ATAR I 800 Person al Co m puter System and t he
ATA RI 810™ Di sk
Dri ve . For com plete instruct io ns p lease ref erto t heATAR / I!! BOO 'M O perato r's
Ma nual,
the A TAR/ I!! Disk Dr iveOperato r's M anu al an d the ope rato r's
m anu als suppl ied w ith t he
ot herperi ph er al equ ipme nt yo uhave pur ch ased .
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ncl ude d wit h yo ur A TAR I 8PO Person al Com puter System is an ATA RI BASIC
Comp uter Language cart ridg e. Inorde r to use t he perso nal finance pro gram , yo u
mus t insert this cartridge in tothe left sl ot o f your co mputer co nso le (see Figur e
1 -1 ).
II CARTRIDGE
Figure 1-1 Inserting the A TARI BAS/C Cart ri dge
You rPerson al Financial M anagem entSyst em is designed tobe used w ith only
o ne disk dri ve. Theref or e, if yo uhave mo re th an o ne d isk d rive a tt ac hedto yo ur
personal computer syst em, o nly t urn o n t hedrive that you have set as D ri ve 1.
Insert ingad iske tt e i nto a di sk drive is a simple, but ve ry im po rta nt proced ure . A n
imp ro perl y po sitioneddisket tecan c ause d am age to the di ske tt e w hich, in tu rn,
causes pro blem swith the program s and dat aon t he di skette.
1. Turn th e tel evision set and di skdrive on . (Do n ot tu rn t h e computer o n at
this tim e .)
2. Wa it fo r the BUSY ligh t (top red light) o n t he disk d rive to go off .
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Atari 800 Specifications

General

Processor	MOS Technology 6502
Processor Speed	1.79 MHz
ROM	10 KB
Graphics	ANTIC and GTIA chips
Release Year	1979
Display Resolution	up to 320 x 192
Colors	128 colors
Sound	4 channels
Storage	Cartridge, cassette, floppy disk
Ports	Cartridge, serial, monitor
Operating System	Atari OS