Atari Portfolio User Manual

How many
Dages
ol
text will
the Porllolio
hold?
This
is
an
imoossi_bli
qiestion
to
answer because
there
are too
many
,iriidili eottiltio
a"t" liles
usLlally
cannot
exceed
50K,
so
itraili one limiiation.
How
much
mamory
a
page
ol iexl
ieoieients deoends
on
the lolmatting.
Formatllng
takes up
m5morv soai6.
roo. so
a
page
ol text
with lots
ol lormalling
itabs,
labl;s.
lists, elc.)
cor.rld
take
up lwrce
as much
memoly
space
as
a
page
with
liltle
lormalting.
How do I retrieve
a lile
I didn t
savo?
ll
you
use the NEW
iommina
to
create a
new
lile when
an existing
file
is
drsolaved on
lhe scleen,
or
il
you
allempl
lo open
an exlsllng
lile a
-box
disDlavs
asking
il
you
wanl lo save
lhe
loaded
trle ll
,Li in."et
Y"", tfre
tit"E s'aved.
ll
you
answer
No, all lhe
66iriqiri
vou
.ia"
.in"e
lhe mosl
lacenl
save
are deleled'
ll
inJlo'"aeii tlte
's
a
n"t lile
thal has
never
been
saved, lhe
entire
lile is
deleted
and cannot
be
recovered.
what is the shell
lif€
ol a memo,y
card
ballery?
A
".oG
iitterv mav oreserve
the
dala on
lhe 32K
and 64K
-.--orv
iar6s loido
io
a
year,
bul il
rs a
good
idea lo
change
il n."iritr"iGs
"r"tv
"ixhonths,
iusl
to be
on lhe
sale side'
Nevir
go
longer lhan
six
months
wilh
the 128K
cards'
How do
I
oel
my
inlormation
back
inlo
my Address
Book?
Srmplv
load
the llle
conlaining
lhe
lnlormanon
Dy
movino ttre
iJIsor
to frishlighl
lhe llle name
and
pressing
iiii"iil
itiiitlit"o
aiare-ss
lile will
load and
be
displaved
on
the
screen.
Whv can'l I
do a
cold boot
with
the
AC Adaptoa
iiuliola inu
Because
a
coldboot
(coldslarl)
means
all
power
i-JEJi"ririirir ttiF"itt"iio
lor
a shorl
period
ol
lime. wrpins
all
a.ia tiies lrom memorv.
The
adaplor
provides a conslant
iJ'rrci
ot
power,
ana io
it musl
6e disconnecled
belore
you
can
coldstart
your
Polllolio
Will
the
Portlolio
run
Macintosh
sollware?
No'
whv can t I save
mv
liles
lo lhe
Tulorial
RAM
card?
i'r,.'rir.i'ii nAvt
"itii
rs
pelmanenrrv
wnle-prolected'
This
means
the
cald cannoi
be
allered
in any
way'
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Atari Portfolio Specifications

General

Brand	Atari
Model	Portfolio
Category	Laptop
Language	English