CHAPTER ONE:
INTRODUCING THE PORTFOLIO
Welcome to lhe convenience and
powe,
ol the Alari Porifolio.
lnslead
ot ca(ying
a calculalor, dalebook,
and address
book,
you
have it all in
your
Portlolio. And in the same
package, you
have a
powerlul
MS-DOS command compalible
personal
compLiler wilh buill-in spreadsheel and word
processing
applications-all in a
palmtop porlable
no bigger than a VHS
video cassetle lape.
Porliolio computers come siandard wilh the lollowing:
.
An 80C88 4.92 MHz
processor.
.
An 8line,
4o-column LCD
screen display.
.
128K of RAM.
.
256K ol ROM
(used
lor the operating syslem
and
buall-in
appljcations).
.
Six burlt-ln apphcations
(Worksheet.
Edrtor Drary Address
Book. Calculator, and Setup)
.
A buill-in memory card drive
(lor
RAlvl and
ROM cards).
.
Porl lor connecling a smart
parallel
interlace, a serial
interlace. or other
peripherals.
.
Three 1.5 AA batteries.
.
The Porllolio File t\4anager and
Tulorial sollwale, conlaihed
on a single BOIV card.
USING THIS MANUAL
This
manual explains in clear, nonlechnical language lhe
basic inlormalion
you
need lo
gel
starled usinq
your
Portlolio.
Alter
you
become lamiliar
with the computer. use lhis manual
as a telerence
guide
io individual
procedures
and specilic
inlormation.
This manual is a
guide
to basic operation oi
your
Porliolio
and buill-in applicaiions using
lhe File lvanager shell
program.