Atari Portfolio User Manual

CHAPTER
THREE:
HOW
TO GET
AROUND
The
firsl seclion
ol thrs chapler
conta,ns
a step by step
lutorral
on how
lo_use the keyboard
lo
convey commands
lo
iour
Portlolio
The second
section
descflbes the
luncltons
or var-
ious
spec,alKeys
on lhe Portlolio
keyboard.
BASIC
SKILLS
TUTORIAL
You l^ave
already learned
how to siart
your
portloho
and
selecl a language
and keyooard
setup ln
dotng so
you
press-
ed srngle xeys
on the Portloho
keyboard Now
you
5re
joing
to learn
how lo use
muktpte keysliokes
and thd
afiow k-eys.-
Take a look at lhe
lollowing illuslralion.
lt depicis
lhe
Porllolio's keyboard
and
poinls
oLll ce.iain
slecial keys.
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The red
key in the shape
ol lhe Atarisymboland tocated
in
lhe lower lell
corner ol lhe
keyboard ts lhe
[ataril
key
and lhe
large, L-shaped
key on the
right side ol lhe keyboard
is the
tEnre.l
key. When
you
are typing in
lexl, the
lEnterl
key
perlorms
the same lunclion
as lhe Relurn key
on a lydewrjter.
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Atari Portfolio Specifications

General

Processor	Intel 80C88
Clock Speed	4.9152 MHz
RAM	128 KB
Battery	3 x AA batteries
Manufacturer	Atari Corporation
Release Year	1989
Display	LCD, 240x64 pixels
Ports	Parallel and serial ports
Power	3 x AA batteries or external power supply
Storage	128 KB internal, external solid-state memory cards (up to 4MB)
Operating System	DIP-DOS (MS-DOS compatible)