Atari Portfolio Owners Manual 1991

95 Pages·1991·8.9 MB·

by  Atari Corporation

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ATARI'
/l\coueurrn
Portfolio
THE SUPER ORGANIZER
Owner's Manual
LA. .ny ol6ctrrcal appllanc6. lhe Alari Portlolio compuler uses and floduces
rrdlo.lroquoncy Energy. ll not and used according to the lnsrucrons,n
lhl! manual, lhe oquipmenl ma'nys ctaalulesde interlerence wlth your hdio and/or
llyou belleve lhal lhis oquipmenl l. causing interlerence, try swltching it on and
oll. ll rhs inlglle,6nco problem srops wh€n lho 6qurpmenr is swilched ott, lhen h€
€qulpmenl is probably causlng lhe problem. With tho equlpm€nl ssitched on you
may bo able lo corecl lhe problemby tryinO on€ or more ot lhe toltowano
.
. Adjusl the posilion ol lhe radio or relevision antenna.
. Feposilion lhs equipmeni ln relafon ro the radio or rel€vlsron set.
Plu0 the equipmenr inro a dillerent walloutlet so that lhe oqutpmenl and ihe
radio or lelevision sst ars connecled to dille.ent ranch clrcults.
llnocossary. consull you Atari compuler rolader or an expen€nced radlo
lelevision lechnici€n lor addillonal sussestions
A helplul resource is a booklet prepared by the Federal Communacallons Con-
mlssion (Fcc)t /nte//ere!1ce Han&ook rh,s booklet is avairabre trom the U.S.
Govornmenl Prinrlng Ollice, Washinslon, Dc 20t02, Slock No. 004-000-00450-7.
WABNING: This oquipmonl h.s bo€n ce.rilied ro comply xlth th€ llmlts
ol a Class B cohpuring deyice, pursuant to Subpart J ol Part t5 ol the
Fcc rules. Thsso rulos aro do8igned to provld€ reasonable protection
a0ainsl such lnterlerence rhen rhe equipment is usod in a resldentlal
serling. Horever, lhere is no guarants. lhal lnt€rlorenc€ f,ill nor occur
in a pa.licular home or .osldence, Only ihe compurinC devices that
have been certllled lo complt, rirh rhe class B limitE mey be attachod
to rhis equipmenl. Operalion ol noncorlalied dcyices ullh thls
equlpmenl ls llkoly ro rosull ln lnGrlerence ylrh radio and teleyision
reception- shielded cables musl be used on all llo connocloB;
olherwaso. radlo emisslon may erceed Class B limils. chenges or
modilicalions nol expressl! approved by Atari Corporation could void
lhe user's aulhorily to operale lhe equipmenl.
Every ellorl has been made lo ensure lhe ac.uracy ol lhe producl documenlalion
in lhis manual. However, because Alari coporalion is conslanlly improving and
updaling lts computq hardware and sollware, it is unable lo quara.lee lhe
ac.ura.y ol prinled malerial alld lhe date ol publication and disclaims liabilily lo.
changes, erors. or omissjons.
Reproduction ol all or any porlions ollhis manualas nol allowed without lhe
specllic wrirlen consenr ol atad coQorarlon.
Alari, lho Alari looo, and Po lolio ar€ lrademarks or regislsred lradema,ks ol Atan
Corporallon. IBM ls a lrademark ol lnlerhatlonal Buslness Machines Corp. Lolus
l-2.3 is a lrademark ol Lolus Developmenl Corporalion MS_DoS is a regislered
lradomark ol Microsoll Co.po.alion.
Jll.ATARI'
Copynghl O 1991, AlarlCoporalion
Sonnyv!16, CA 91089.1302 Allrishls reserved.
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ATARI'
/l\coruflnER
Portfolio
THE SUPER ORcnrurzeR
Owner's Manual
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE:
INTRODUCING THE POBTFOLIO ,,
Using th;s lVanual
(eyboard lnlormalron...
Special Notatons. .... ..
Selllng Up Your Syslem
lnsralllng rhe Barlefles.
Switch'ng Your Portlolio On and OIL........... ...
Swilching On .... ..........
Swilching Oll .. .. 7
CHAPTEB TWO:
SYSTEM OVERVIEW 11
How Your Porilolio Works 11
Memory 11
Operaling Syslem
and Buili-jn Applications 12
Memory Cards 12
CHAPTER THREE:
HOW TO GET AROUND 15
Tutorial
Basic Skills .... ........... 15
Special KeysandModes........ ................................. 17
lAta,ilKey .................... ................................... 17
[FnIKey................................................................. 18
Key...
llockl ..................... 18
Shilt 1ock.......................................................... 18
NumLock..........................-.........-.................... 1s
ScrollLock..........-.............................................. 1g
lnserl Mode ................ ...................................... 19
Keyslroke Combinations...............-....-..................... 19
The Numeric Keypad...........................................-... 20
CHAPTER FOUR:
FILE MANAGER, BASIC FUNCTIONS 21
.
File Manager Screen....... .. ... 21
Files and Filenames... .... .... . 22
.
Wildcard Characlers 23
Direclories..... 24
ldenlrlyrnqDirectories......... ... .. 25
Paihnames. 25
Displaying a Directo.y.. .. 26
Open,nq FiLes 26
Openrnq a B,rilt-in Applicanon cr,e 26
Ope.rng a Program F le ... 27
trile
Openrng an App,rcalron Dala .. 27
N4anipulating Files ... 28
Selecting. .......... .. ... 28
Selectlng a Srngle Frle
Seleclrng AllFJes ln a Direclory 29
Selecling a GIoLp ol Files 29
Tagging......... 29
Untaqqinq. 30
Tagging and Uniagging Usino Wilcards ...... 31
Frles Menu........... 32
copy........... 32
Enlenng a Targel Localion . ... 33
Using Palhnames in the Ta[gel Prompl .......
copyrng a Si,lgle ltem. 34
Copyrng a Tagged Gro.rp ...... . 35
36
Rename 37
Show lType).. .. ........... 3S
CHAPTEH FIVE:
FILE MANAGER, OTHEH FUNCTIONS 41
New Dflve 41
Make D'recrory 42
Creating a Subdireclory on lhe Currenlly
.. ..
Selecred Dnve and Drreclory ... 43
Creating a Subdirectory on a Direclory
Olher lhan the Cufienlly Selected Direciory . ...... 43
Check Dish.. 44
A:
Formal 44
.
Label ..... .. 45
Trme/Dale 46
CHAPTER SIX:
BUILT-IN APPLICATIONS,
COMMON FUNCTIONS ,,, ,,,, ,,, ,, 47
Frle Handling 47
F les Menu 48
New .. ..... 49
Load .. .... 49
Save As .... .. .... . .. 50
N,4erge.... 52
Write Selected 53
The Clipboard 54
CHAPTEFI SEVEN:
BUILT-IN APPLICATIONS,
TNTRODUCTTON
..................... 55
Book ...
Address ................ 55
Creating an Address Book Fi|e....... .................... 56
Lrne Mode/Page Mode 58
..
Aod.nq ano Deretrng Cards ... 58
D aling .. 59
Diary 60
File
Creatng a Diary 61
.. ... ..
Selling the Alarm . ... .. . 63
Ediior
64
Crealrnq a Text File 65
Settrng tne Brghr Margin .... ... 65
Changrng Modes {l,1serl/Overtype) 66
Setup .. ..... 6?
.. ... ..
CalcuLalor .. 6S
Workrheer 7A
Sellrng Column Widlh .. .... 71
Nam ng Colu.nn Headels 72
Enleflng Dala .. .. ..... ..
Enlering FormLLas 74
CHAPTER EIGHT:
PERIPHERALS 77
AC Adaplo{ .. .... .. 77
Smart Parallel lnterlace 67
Serial lnterlace 67
PC Card Dnve 67
CHAPTER NINE:
oUESTIONS and ANSWERS
CUSTOMER SUPPORT 85
CHAPTER ONE:
INTRODUCING THE PORTFOLIO
Welcome to lhe convenience and powe, ol the Alari Porifolio.
lnslead ot ca(ying a calculalor, dalebook, and address book,
you have it all in your Portlolio. And in the same package, you
have a powerlul MS-DOS command compalible personal
compLiler wilh buill-in spreadsheel and word processing
applications-all in a palmtop porlable no bigger than a VHS
video cassetle lape.
Porliolio computers come siandard wilh the lollowing:
. An 80C88 4.92 MHz processor.
.
An 8line, 4o-column LCD screen display.
.
128K of RAM.
. 256K ol ROM (used lor the operating syslem and buall-in
appljcations).
. Six burlt-ln apphcations (Worksheet. Edrtor Drary Address
Book. Calculator, and Setup)
. A buill-in memory card drive (lor RAlvl and ROM cards).
.
Porl lor connecling a smart parallel interlace, a serial
interlace. or other peripherals.
.
Three 1.5 AA batteries.
.
The Porllolio File t\4anager and Tulorial sollwale, conlaihed
on a single BOIV card.
USING THIS MANUAL
This manual explains in clear, nonlechnical language lhe
basic inlormalion you need lo gel starled usinq your Portlolio.
Alter you become lamiliar with the computer. use lhis manual
as a telerence guide io individual procedures and specilic
inlormation.
This manual is a guide to basic operation oi your Porliolio
and buill-in applicaiions using lhe File lvanager shell program.
The manual's design, conienl, and layout were chosen to
help you easily (amilianze yoursell wrlh lhe super organ,zer
leaiures of your Porllolio. Bul because lhe Porllolio is also
a lrue compuler, olher manuals are available from Alari
Compuler Corporaljon lo help you masler lhe complex and
powerul DOS commands, and lhe advanced iunctions ol lhe
built-in applications.
A summaty ol each manual seclion lollows
Chapter One: Introducing lhe Portfolio lamiliarizes you
wiih the Portlolio's hardware This chapter explains how io sei
up the compuler, installballeries, and swilch on your system,
and also explotes lhe Porllolio s major Iealures and avarlable
opiions.
Chapler Two: syslem and Sotlware overvtew jniro-
duces basic compuler concepls, teaches you how to use
ROM and RAM cards. and qives a briel descriplion ol lhe
syslem soflware, including the builtin applications.
Chapter Three: How lo Get Around erplarns how lo Llse
lhe heyboard lo rssue commands to youl Portlol,o, and
eyplarns now lo run lhe TLIonal plogram ll also explains
dialog boxes and olher elements of the Portioljo screen.
Chapter Four: File Manaqer, Basic Functions teaches
you all about liles.lilenames, and direcloly siruclures. and
how 10 use lhe File Manager 1o issue basic commands lo your
Po iolio.
Chapter Five: File Managet, olher Functions desclibes
how 10 use the runolions of the File Managefs Other menu.
Chapler Six: Buill-ln Applications-Common Functions
explains Ile handling and lhe c|pboard. lJnctions common io
most ol lhe builtin applicalions.
ChaDter Seven: Built-ln Apolications-lnhoduclion
expl;lns in hands-on luloflal style the bastc lealules ol each
application.
Cuslomer Supporl lells where lo lind more intormation
aboui the Alari Portlolio compuler as well as olher Atari
computer producls.
Keyboard lnlormation
Characters enclosed by square brackels (t l) represent keys
on lhe compuler keyboard. Somelimes a procedure requjres
you to use lwo or more keys al the same time. For example,
A
l^rsral IEI means to hold down the l^bril key while you
press ihe IEI key.
The keyboard layout ol your Portiolio is similar lo thal ol a
iypewriler or siandard PC compuler. However, lhe Atari key
[At.ril and the Function key [Fnl are only lound on lhe
Portlolio's keyboard. For ir.r her inlormalion on ihese special
keys, reler lo Chapter Three: How to Get Around.
Special Notations
Paragraphs marked Note or Warning appear ihroughout lhe
manual
o
Note: Notes contain uselul hints and other
inlormalion relevaht lo lhe topic being discussed
@ Waming: Warnings alerl you to potenlial
problems and suggest ways lo avoid lhose
problems.
SETTING UP YOUR SYSTEM
The box containing your Alari Poflfolio computer should also
conlain the iollowing:
.
A memory card conlaining lwo soltware programs. This
memory card is ah€ady inserted into lhe card drive ol your
compuler. one ol lhe lwo proorams on lhe card is the File
Manager. You will be using lhe File Manager to run your