Atari 800 Instruction Manual

BACKUP
Note : If yo u in sert th e wro ng disket t e, yo u wi ll get an e rro r me ssage on th e
scree n.
5. Fo llow the pr om pt m essage INSERT TH E NEXT DATA DI SKETT E and
p res s ' .liiii ·n', The diskette wi ll be prepared and initialize d to receive con-
tin ui ng da ta.
6. Wh en th e Cr
eate M ain M enu appea rs on the screen, remo ve th e di ske tt e
fro m t hedisk driv eand im medi at ely label it wit h the f irst dat eof entry in-
to you r dat a base. This disk e tt e nowbe com es yo ur current D ata D isk ett e .
Tak e th e prev io us
Data Di ske tt e, old ,and com ple te the i nfo r mat ion on
the lab el by noti ng t he last input dat eon t hat diskett e . O nesuggest io n
wo
uld be to set up a catalog syste m by numbe ring y our Da ta Di sk ett es se-
que ntiall y(1, 2, 3. 4.5, et c.). Thennext to the Data Disket te num ber yo u
wr ite th eall-incl usive dates of i nf ormat io n o n t hat di skett e . So the first
year's
Dat a Disk ett es mig ht be label ed as fol low s: #1 (1/1/81 - 4/30/81), #2
(5/1/81 - 6/30/81l, #3(7/1/81 - 9/30/81l, #4 (10/1/81 - 12/31/81l
7. To return to the System Me nu, type EXIT and press ' .!llimJ' .
8 . To e xit from your personal finance program, type EXIT and press H;ij'iiMH.
W hen th e m essage pr om pt appears, yo u ca n turn off th e syste m .
Youuse th e Back up fo rma t to mak e a bac kup co py of yo ur current Data
D iskette. This is do ne so your inform ati on w o n 't be lost in case yo ur o r iginal copy
is damaged. This fun ct io n shou ld be perf orm ed atthe end of each wo rk sessio n.
1. You have to go t hrough t he System Me nu to t he Create m odul e .
2. When yo uhave t he Create M ain M enu on th e di spl a y, type t he keywor d
BACKUP and press ';jiiiim'.
3. F oll ow the message pr ompt IN SERT THE BACKUP DATA DI SKETT E. Press
' ,"iii .'" tocont inue. Make sure youuse a blank diskett e, or ad isket te you
do not m ind erasing.
4. Af ter yo uhave c hecke d to make sure you have p la ced th e co rrec t
diskett e into the disk drive, p ress '·JilihU' to continue.
S. The d iskette is pr epared to accep t t he data yo u wa nt copied .
6 . W hen t he prepa ra tion iscomp lete, fo llow th e message p rom pt INSERT
THE D AT A DI SK ET TE. Pr ess 'iiilih,,' to continue.
Note : Theprog ram w il l ask yo utochange t he Da ta Diskette and th e
Back up D iske tte backand f or th several t imes . This is necessary, as on ly a
specific amo unt of informa tio n canbe copied at a time .
7. F oll ow th e m essage pr om pt IN SERT TH E BACKUP DATA D ISKETTE and
p ress ' ."iilm! to continue.
8. The inf orm at ion wi ll becop ied onto yo ur Bac kup Di ske tt e . W hen th e
process is co mp lete, fo llow th e message pr om pt INSERT THE DAT A
DI SKETTE and press ' ·'iiii'V' to cont inue .
9. When th e pro gram re turn s to t he Create Mai n Me nu, type EXIT and press
Hiiiiii-P' to return to the Sys te m Me nu.
Create M odule 17

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