Atari 800 User Manual

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encountered. Numeric values can be ended either with the EOL
character or the comma. Commas can not be used to end string
values, as they are regarded as part of the string.
If no data is available to be re ad into the numeric variable, or if
the data is invalid, an error will result.
When a string variable is specified, the data being input will be
interpreted as string data. If no characters are read, the string
variable will be assigned the null value. If more characters are
read than
allowed for in the string variable's DIM statement, the
INPUT# statement will disregard the excess characters. The EOL
character will end the string input.
The GET statement is used to read a single numeric value via the
open channel specified. GET uses the following configuration.
GET #channe/, numeric variable
The channel specified must be open for input. The numeric
variable indicated will accept the value returned by GET. This
value will lie between 0 and 255 .
When GET is used with the 410 Program Recorder and the buffer
is empty, the initial GET statement will result in a block of data
being read into the cassette buff er. The first value in the buffer
will be assigned to the numeric variable sp e cified with the first
GET statement.
Each successive GET stateme nt will read a value from the cassette
buffer. When the buffer has been emptied , another block of
data will be read into the cassette buffer from the cassette tape.

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