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MENUS
Defi nition
and Explanation
MENUS
list
your
ava
ilable
options.
Menu
choices are numbered
1-
9.
and
in case
more items are
needed, A-
Z
-
for
a
max
imum
of
35 possible
selections.
The
Menu items
are
presented
in
the
Display
one
at
a
time-at a
speed
determined
by your choice
of
DISPLAY SPEED
settings (see
the
discussion
ol
th
e
STOP/
SPEED key
in
the section
on the
HHC
Keyboard .)
All
menus
cycle,
so·that alter the
last
item
has
appeared
.
the
first
item
is
shown
again,
and so on
.
To
choose
a
specific
menu
item.
just
type
its
number
or letter AT
ANY
TIME during
the menu
presentation (
is not required)
.
There are
often
" menus within menus."
so
that when you
type
the
menu
number
for
a
particular
program
.
you may be
presented a
menu of
options
available
for
that
program
.
A
selection here can lead to yet a third
menu,
and
so
on.
To get
quickly from
the
Primary Menu to
a
remote menu
choice,
passing through a
number of
menus,
you
can type several
digits immediately at the Primary
Menu and
you
wi
ll end up
quickly
at
the
chosen
activity.
For
example,
typing
the
number
"
24
"
at
the
Primary
Menu
leads
instantly to
the time activity
of
the
Clock/Controller.
If
you
type
a
number
or
letter
th at
doesn'
t
represen
t
a
menu
item,
the HHC
wi
ll
beep
politely
to inform you to
try
again.
The
Primary
Me
nu
Th
is is
where
you
begin when you
use
your
HHC
.
The Primary
Menu
lists the
intrinsic programs available with the HHC Primary
Unit,
plus any
currently
accessible
HHC capsule programs and programs for certain peripherals
(Telecomputing
with
the
Modem,
for
instance).
If only
programs intrinsic to
the HHC Primary Unit
are
accessible,
here is
what
you
will
see
in the
Display
when
the Primary
Menu
is
being
shown:
!
•
CALCULATOR
2•
CLOCKJCONTROLLER
3
•
FILE
SYSTEM
4
•
RUN SNAP
PROGRAMS
This
list
will
be
lengthened
to
include the
name
of
programs
contained
in attached
HHC
capsules.
Also
listed are any
programs
for
peripherals which
are attached
and selected by the 110
key
(see
the section
on Beyond the
Primary
Unit
with the
1
/
0
key,
page
48).
Instructions
for programs
not intrinsic
to the Primary Unit
of
the HHC
are
given
in
manuals for
the
specific
peripherals
or HHC
capsules.
To access the Primary
Menu
at any time,
just
press
twice.
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