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Saving /Loading a Picture
DISK DRIVE
Turn on your disk drive
before
you
turn your
com-
puter
on. Insert
the AtariArtist cartridge
into
your com-
puter
and
a formatted diskette containing Disk
Operating System
(DOS)
files (but without
an
AUTORUN.SYS file) into
your
drive, then
turn
on
your
computer. When
you're
ready to save your picture,
use the stylus and a control button to select Storage
(or type S
with your keyboard) on
the main menu
,
and
select S)
Save Picture
on the
secondary menu
,
then
follow the instructions on the screen.
If
your
system has
just
one
disk drive
,
you
can
type
just
the filename, followed by
a
mg,
in
response to the
"Enter
DEVICE:FILENAME" prompt.
If
your system
has two disk drives
,
you
must type
0,
a
drive
number and
a
colon, then the filename and
press
mg.
For
example,
if the picture
DRAW
that
you want
is
on
a diskette in disk drive No.2, you must
type D2 :DRA W, then press
mg
to load DRAW into
your computer.
To
retrieve a previously stored picture from
diskette,
follo
w
the
above steps,
then, using the
stylus
and
a
control
button,
select
Storage from the main
menu,
then I)
Index
Disk Pictures from the secondary
menu (or type S, then
I
on
your
computer keyboard).
Use
the stylus to place
the
cursor over the
filename
you want, then press a control button to load the pic-
ture automatically
into
your computer. You can now
pick up
where
you
left off-add a burst of color,
change colors, etc.
PROGRAM RECORDER
When you're ready to save your picture, insert a
b lank
cassette
tape into the recorder and press the
tape counter
reset
button to
set
it
to 000.
Use
the stylus
and
a control button to select Storage
on
the
main
menu, then S) Save Picture
on
the secondary menu (or
type S, then S on
your computer
keyboard), then
follow the instructions on the screen.
Use
your com-
puter keyboard to type the letter C followed by
a
col-
on,
then type
mg.
When the computer beeps twice,
simultaneously press RECORD and PLAY on the
recorder, then press
mg
on
the computer.
The
cassette recorder will start running,
a
tone
will
be
heard through
your
TV
speaker,
and
your
picture
will
be stored on the tape.
To retrieve
a picture, insert
the
proper cassette.
If
the picture you
want
is the first one
on
that cassette,
rewind the
tape
to
its
beginning.
If
you
have
more
than
one
picture
on
a
cassette tape, be
sure to
ad-
vance
the tape to the
correct number on your
recorder's tape
counter.
Use
the stylus and
a
control button to select
Storage
from the
main menu, then
L)
Load
Picture
from the secondary menu (or type S,
then
L
on
your
computer
keyboard). Type C and a colon, then press
mg.
When the computer
sounds
one
beep, press
PLA
Y
on
the recorder, then
mg
on
the
computer.
The
picture loads automatically
into
your computer,
filling the
screen
as it
loads.
You can now pick up
where you
left
off.
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