Atari Portfolio User Manual

Setting
the Alarm
Have
you
ever
been srlling
in a movre
lhea(er
and heard
a
beeo 6eeo
lrom someones
wrlst walch alarm?
Have
yoLl
euei bein rhe oercon
wno s
alarm
goes
oll? EmbaIIasslng.
iqn t rl? Well wrih the Porlloho's
alarm
vou
don'I
have lo
leel
embarrasseo al
all. ll s only
embarrasslng
Io be lold
what lo
do by a
sl,rpid wrrsl
walch-rl
an MS-DOS
command
cornpal_
ible compLrter
rs dolng
il. it s OKI
The alarm
is uselul
in a variely
of ways.
Probably
lhe mosi
common
use is
to sel the
compuler
to beep
a lew minutes
oelore vou
need to mahe
a callol
allend
al an
impollanl
meetrnq.
Bdt lels
set the alarm
lo beep
a
lew mlnules
IIom
now
so
you
can hear
how il
soLlnds.
Warning:
Only
lhe alarms
sel
in lhe rile
called
c.\sYSTEM\DIARY.DRY
{lhe
Iire rn /J/
resrde
ln the
SYSTEM
sdbdrrectorv
ol drive
C) will sound.
Follow
these instructions
io sel and
aclivate
the alarm:
'1.
Load
your
new
Diary lile.
Highlight
lodav's
dale
and
press
lEnrerl.
2- Enler
a lime several
minules
lrom
now. Iollowed
by lhe
word
"tesl"
Press
lEnrerl.
The
entry
dispLays
in ihe space
below
lhe edit line.
A lriangular
icon
appears
nexi
lo ihe
entry.
3- Press IFnl Ill
lo display
the Files
menu.
Press
IAI
to seleci
Alarm.-The
triangulir
iion
is Ieplaced
by
a musical
nole
icon.
4. Press
lEscl
to display
the calendar'
P[ess
[Escl
again
lo
display
the
Iollowingl
No
Press
[Yl
io[
Yes
to save
lhe lile.

Atari Portfolio Specifications

General

Brand	Atari
Model	Portfolio
Category	Laptop
Language	English