Atari 800 User Manual

96 User's Handbook to the Atari 400/ 800 Computers
then press RETURN on the keyboard. Th e tape must be correctly
positioned before CLOAD is executed.
The
CLOAD command clears the memor y before the program is
loaded from the tape.
CHR$
CONFIGURA TlON
CLOAD
EXAMPLE
CLOAD
The CHR$ function return s the character with the ASCII code
specified by
the argument. Although argume nt values ca n range
from 0 to 65535, the ASCII code corresponds to the numbers
from 0 to 255.
CLOG
CONFIGURATION
X$ = CHR$(a)
EXAMPLE
PRINT CHR$(65)
A
The CLOG function returns the base 10 logarithm of the
argument.
CONFIGURATION
X = CLOG(a)
EXAMPLE
PRINT CLOG(4)
0 .602 0599914

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