Atari 800 User Manual

Atari BASIC Reference Guide 171
A READ statement can accept data from a DATA statement that
appears anywhere in a program. A DATA statement does not
have to precede the READ statement in order to be effective.
REM (R. or .)
A REM statement is used to insert comments in a program. The
REM
statement is ignored by the Atari BASIC interpreter.
CONFIGURATION
REM remarks
EXAMPLE
REM INPUT ROUTINE
Any statements that follow a REM statement, on the same lin e,
are
also ignored by the computer. As a result, a REM statement is
generally used on its own line or at the end of a multiple
statement line.
RESTORE (RES.)
A RESTORE statement is used to move the data pointer .
CONFIGURATION
RESTORE [LN]
The data in a
program is read in order, starting with the first
DATA statement item. In order to reread a section of data, a
RESTORE statement is necessary.
When a RESTORE statement is executed without an argument,
the next READ statement will assign to its first variable the first
data
value that appears in the program.
When a RESTORE statement is executed with an argument, the
next READ statement will assign to its first variable the first data
value
that appears at the line number specified by the argument.

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