Atari Portfolio User Manual

Follow these
inslruciions
to change
the currently
selected
drive:
1. Display
the Oiher
menu.
2.
Press
tNl
to display
the
New Drive
menu
3. Press
the drive identilication
leiier
ol lhe
desi.ed
drive.
(A
lor
d.ive A:. etc.)
The selecled
orive
s matn
d'rectory displays.
MAKE
DIRECTORY
Creat,no subdireclofles
rn whrch
lo olqanlze
youl
llles and
subdrre;lorres
rs an importanl
part
ol
getting
the most
lrom lhe
memorv soace on vour
Polllolio
and
memoly
cards. lt also
helps
y'ou'fino
and use
liles
qulckly
and ellcienlly.
For etamole.
lel s
say
you
have clealed
a bunch
ol texl liles
conlalnrni ;nlormalion;boul
your
Iaxes
And
you
also
have
a lot ol Iil;s conlarnino
recipei.
and slill
othel liles
conlalning
letters lo Inends. You-could
creale
three
subdireclolles.
TAXES,
RECIPES,
and LETTERS.
Finding
the
needed Iiles
would
then be much
easier.
Note:
Even
thouqh the
command
is Make
Direclory
(a
siandard DoS
cohmand.
by
the way)
you
are
actually
creating
a subdireclory.
unlabelled
catculator
Diary
setup
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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)