Atari 800 User Manual

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transfer BASIC programs in tokeni zed format.
The ENTER statement can only load a BASIC file stored in ASCII
format. ENTER will not lo ad BASIC files stored in tokenized
format.
LOAD and CLOAD can only load BASIC files stored in tokenized
format. CLOAD wi ll load files saved with either SAVE or CSAVE,
but neither will load files saved with LIST .
LOAD can only load files saved with the SAVE statement in
tokenized format. LOAD cannot be used to load files saved with
CSAVE even though CSAVE stores BASIC files in tokenized
format, because CSAVE uses a timing pattern which is
uncompatible with LOAD . LOAD cannot be used with BASIC
programs saved with the LIST statement as these were saved in
ASCII format.
Both ENTER and LOAD can be used to transfer a program from a
device other than the Atari 410 program recorder. The CLOAD
statement can only be used to load a program from the Atari 410
into RAM .
Wh en eit h er LOAD or CLOAD are used to load a program, a
NEW
statement wil l be automatically executed before the
program is loaded . This causes any existing programs or variables
to be erased from memory .
If the ENTER statement is us ed to load a program from the Atari
410, any existing program lin es will not be erased from memory.
ENTER adds the program lines from the cassette file to any
existing progr am lines in memory . If a program lin e in the
program being transferred from cassette has the same lin e
number as a program line in memory, the program lin e being
transferred from cassette will replace the program line in
memory.
Also, when ENTER is us ed to load a program, any variables in the
variable name table (VNT) w ill not be erased. Any new variable
names
encountered in the program being l oaded will be added
to the existing variable names in the VNT.

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