Atari 400 User Manual page 12

800, or 1200XL. You can insert the BASIC cart-
ridge directly into your computer when you
want to do some programming of your own.
Once you are much more familiar with pro-
gramming, you may want to purchase a
differ-
ent language (a
different
set of commands) for
your computer. There are other languages avail-
able, some of which are more useful in
different
applications. But at this point, you do not need
to concern yourself too much with languages
and programming-especially since there are so
many already-created programs that you can
buy and use.
COMPUTER LITERACY
One of the most important benefits of personal
computing is achieving computer literacy. Com-
puter literacy simply means being familiar with
computers and knowing how to use computers
as tools to perform tasks for you .
What we should be concerned about is how
people use computers. You can use a hammer as
a tool to build or tear down things. Understand-
ing that computers are simply more sophisti-
cated tools used by people-including yourself
-will help you to feel comfortable using com-
puters as constructive tools that can help sim-
plify many of your everyday tasks.
Are you ready~o learn how to set up and use
your computer? Then, let's begin!
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