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Atari 800 Owner's Manual

Atari 800 Owner's Manual

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ATARI
800
HOME
COMPUTER
ATARI
OWNER'S
GUIDE
ATARI@
A Warner Communications Company

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  • Page 1 ATARI HOME COMPUTER ATARI OWNER'S GUIDE ATARI@ A Warner Communications Company...
  • Page 2 ATARI 800 Home Computer right away. Home study, home office, and home entertainment programs can all be purchased from your ATARI Computer retailer.
  • Page 3 CONNECTING ATARI HOME COMPUTER This guide helps you set up your ATARI 800 Home Computer in ten easy steps. It also briefly introduces you to the ATARI BASIC programming language and shows you some of the capabilities your computer. INSTALLING THE...
  • Page 4 If the cable is round If It looks like this, push the switch to the 300 (300Q) position. Ohm) you may need to ad- just the antenna terminal switch on your TV so it can receive 300 Ohm signal from the TV 300Q Switch Box.
  • Page 5 Power In on the side of the computer console. Plug the other end of the ATARI power adapter cord into a wall outlet.
  • Page 6 TV set. ATARI Computer Service Center listed in the yellow pages of the telephone directory, or call ATARI Customer Service/ Field Support toll free at 800-538-8737 from anywhere in the continental U.S. (in California, call 800-672-1430).
  • Page 7 INSERTING CARTRIDGES Pull release lever down (as shown) to open the car- tridge door. Whenever you do this, the computer automatically turns itself off. When you close the door again, the computer turns itself back Insert the cartridge into the left slot with the label facing you.
  • Page 8 To give you an idea of how the PRESS PRESS SIMULTANEOUSLY key works as a graphics key, remove the ATARI BASIC cartridge from the computer turn on the system. After ATARI COMPUTER-MEMO pears,...
  • Page 9 CONTROL GRAPHICS KEYBOARD ATARIOOO (Control) key plays an important part in the screen editing A double-action CTRL functions; however, another key must be pressed while holding restarts scre down key for something to happen. The following list tells CTRL program. you what function occurs when the second key is pressed with the key.
  • Page 10 INSER iCLEA BREA OPTION RETURN CAPS SELECT SHiFT START combination that stops and Puts the screen display into uppercase. n display, without leaving Moves the cursor back one space at a time while deleting what was typed. Switches between normal inverse video.
  • Page 11 The larger keys to the right of a few minutes to play with the the keyboard are unique to the keyboard and familiarize ATARI 800 Home Computer. yourself With the different OPTION capabilities, particularly stops the computer graphics keys. from continuing...
  • Page 12 The amount memory in a computer is what determines much data stored. Your ATARI 800 Home Computer comes with one ATARI Memory ModuleTM. However, your computer's memory can be expanded by purchasing addi- tional...
  • Page 13 ATARI 800 Com- puter in ATARI BASIC, please refer to your ATARI BASIC Self- Teaching Guide. Then use your ATARI BASIC Reference Manual Before you type each new pro- as you become more familiar gram,...
  • Page 14 Program One: REMARK THIS A SIMPLE COMPUTER GAME PRINT PRINT THINKING A NUMBER FROM 1 TO 100. PRINT"GUESS NUMBER! PRINT . "YOUR GUESS" • : INPUT THEN PRINT "TRY A BIGGER NUMBER. : GOTO THEN PRINT "TRY A SMALLER NUMBER : GOTO THEN PRINT...
  • Page 15 Insert additional memory disk drives. Each piece of ATARI modules into your ATARI 800 Computer equipment is made specifically for your ATARI Com- Home Computer. puter, connects easily to the rest...
  • Page 16 Position your new memory module directly behind existing 16K RAM module E! ATAR push it firmly into place. Place cover back into position, making sure you match up the notches on the lower back section of the cover and the cover housing.
  • Page 17 All characters can be • programs you write yourself. elongated (printed double 80-COLUMN PRINTER Atari has three printers available width) • Must be used in conjunction which can be easily connected Prints upper/lowercase • with the ATARI 850TM Interface your computer.
  • Page 18 STORAGE ATARI 410M Up to four disk drives can be at- DEVICES PROGRAM RECORDER tached to your ATARI 800 Home Computer. Each unit is capable The computer runs programs The ATARI 410 Program Record- of storing 88K (88,000 characters) from...
  • Page 19 ATARI@ A Warner Communications Company Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the product documentation in this manual. However, because ATARI, INC. is constantly improving and updating the computer software and hardware, we are unable to guarantee...