Atari 800 User Manual

232 User's Handbook to the Atari 400/ 800 Computers
DOS.SYS will be written to the diskette in drive 1.
In DOS 2.0 , the following prompt will appear.
DRIVE TO WRITE FILES TO?
Here, the operator should enter the drive number where DOS
should
be copied . This can be either drive 1, 2, 3, or 4. Once the
drive number has been entered, the following prompt will
appear.
TYPE " Y" TO WRITE NEW DOS FILE
If a Y is entered, DOS will be written to the diskette in the
specified drive . Any other entry aborts the Write DOS File
operation .
I. Format Diskette
All blank diskettes must be formatted before they can be used by
DOS. Formatting is a process where a pattern is recorded on the
diskette
which allows data to be written to or read from its
surface. The Atari
810 Disk Drive requires approximately two
minutes to format a diskette.
When the Format Diskette operation is specified, the following
prompt wit! appear.
WHICH DRIVE TO FORMAT?
The user should specify the number of the drive containing the
diskette
to be formatted. A second prompt will then appear.
TYPE " Y" TO FORMAT DRIVE 1*
If the user responds to this prompt with a Y, the diskette in the
drive specified will be formatted. Any other entry will abort the
Format Diskette
op eration.
*assuming
drive 1 was specified in the first prompt.

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