CHAPTER
2
GETTING
STARTED
LOADING
QL
ABACUS
GENERAL
APPEARANCE
Load OL Abacus as described
In
the Introduction
to
the OL Programs, don't torget
that Abacus requires a formatted cartfldge
In
M,crodflve 2 When loaded the tollowlng
message will de displayed:
LOAOING
QL
ABACUS
version
x.xx
Copyright
©
1984
PSION
SYSTEMS
spreadsheet
where x.xx represents the version number (eg. 102).
The program
will
then
walt
tor
a
tew
seconds betore starting.
,
The Help information
IS
not loaded
Into
the computer's memory together with the
program.
It
IS
only read from the Abacus cartfldge when
it
is
needed.
You
should
therefore not remove the Abacus cartridge from Microdrive 1 if you intend to use
the Help facility.
When Abacus
is
first
loaded the appearance
of
the screen
IS
as
shown
in
Figure 2.1.
Th
IS
IS
the main display
Abacus can display
80,
64
or
40
characters per line
of
the display.
If
you are using
a domestic television the display may not be clear enough
for
you
to
see 80 characters
per line and
you
should use 64 or 40 characters. The
64
character display
IS
very
similar
to
that
for
80 characters but the 40 character display
IS
arranged slightly differently.
This
is
shown
in
figure 2.2.
HELP
CURSOR
I
f-C;p",r",es",s=F
1----11
pre5S <-- H
--+
PROMPTS
GO
TO
CELL
press
F2
press
FS
DATA
&
FORMULA
enter
di
reet
Ly
&
press
ENTER
TEXT
type"
followed
by
text
&
ENT.
COMMANDS
press
F3
ESCAPE
press
ESC
2
ceu
Al
GRID
USED
At
:Al
MEIIORY
23K
CONTENTS
EMPTY
Figure
2.1
The main display
with
a
monitor.
(80 characters)
Abacus initially selects either
an
80 or a 64 character display depending
on
whether
you started from SuperBASIC
In
the Monitor or the
TV
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