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Atari 800 Instruction Manual

Atari 800
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"'ifill-Vi
Key. Throughout this manual, you will see '!Iiill;!,i following a co rn-
mand or state me nt. Thi s mean s you are to p
ress
the ijiiill
'Ui
key (see Figure
1-5) after ente ring th at co mma nd o r a
fte
rtyp ing dat a in to th e syste m . By pressin g
i;i'i1i;Ui
you are telli ng the compute r to accep t and ente r onto the diskett e the
i
nfo
r
matio
n yo uhave t yped .
In many situations you will find you only have to press th e
iiiiiii'U+
key to
ente r a respon se. Thi s is cal led a default , mea ning t he
pro
gram expects a par-
ticular response. Usually this occ urs when you are in a " yes" o r " no" situation.
The screen
will
pr
ompt
yo uby ind ic
ating
th e def aul t answer. For insta nce , if th e
de fa ult isa" yes" and yo ur answe r toaqu esti on is " yes," th en a
" Y" w ill
auto
mat
ically appea r at the cursor locati on. All you do is press i;iiiii;'ii to
ente r your answer. '"
yei"
II
'/
I'.
ED:lD
Key. Wh en yo u wa nt to re
turn
to t he M ain M enu
of
a modu le, press the
ED:lD
key (see Figur e 1-5). In most circumstances, the pro
mpt
message PRES S
START FOR
MENU
w ill ap pea r at t he
bottom
of
the scree n.
I!limiIlI
Key. Wh en
you
are in an E
dit
fo rmat. t he
I!limiIlI
key al lo ws yo uto
by pass certain e
nt
ries w hen
you
do not need th e requ ested da ta, as d iscu ssed
lat er in t his ma nual.
mmJ
Key. Th e key a
llo
ws you to searc h catego ries for th e re-
qu ired d at a inthe Budge t Ana
lyze
r and Budge t Forecas te r m
odul
es.
lifibS';!"'i'
Key. The 4
ih'i1
F;!¥M'
key (see Figure 1·5) should n
ot
be
used . Wh en yo u pr ess th is key, anyt hing o n t he scree n yo uhave not ente red (by
p
ress
ing
ii'iiii
·itil
wil l be l ost. The systemreturns to the beginning of th e pro-
gram and red isplays t he SystemMenu.
N
ote:
If yo u sho u ld get a BOOT ERROR message o n your scree n at any
tim
e,
p lease ref ertothe HELP! sect io n
of
th is manu al.
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Fi
gur
e 1-5 Locat ion
of
Fu
nctio
n Keys
Seuing Up 7

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Atari 800 Specifications

General IconGeneral
ProcessorMOS Technology 6502
Processor Speed1.79 MHz
ROM10 KB
GraphicsANTIC and GTIA chips
Release Year1979
Display Resolutionup to 320 x 192
Colors128 colors
Sound4 channels
StorageCartridge, cassette, floppy disk
PortsCartridge, serial, monitor
Operating SystemAtari OS

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